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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2000
Michael James Taylor, Guildford, GB;
Simon Michael Rowe, Guildford, GB;
Michael James Taylor, Guildford, GB;
Simon Michael Rowe, Guildford, GB;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Three-dimensional computer model data, moving image data or still image data showing at least one person is stored in an archive database, together with additional information to improve the searching and retrieval of data therefrom. The additional information includes view parameter datawhich defines at whom or what each person is looking during each predetermined period of time or image. Text datawhich comprises words associated with the person, and viewing histogram datawhich, for each period of text data defines the percentage of time that the speaking person spent looking at each other person or object, may also be stored.