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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2004
Gabriel Costache, Navodari Constanta, RO;
Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;
Rhys Mulryan, Corrandulla, IE;
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gabriel Costache, Navodari Constanta, RO;
Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;
Rhys Mulryan, Corrandulla, IE;
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
FotoNation Ireland Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A method and system for image recognition in a collection of digital images includes training image classifiers and retrieving a sub-set of images from the collection. For each image in the collection, any regions within the image that correspond to a face are identified. For each face region and any associated peripheral region, feature vectors are determined for each of the image classifiers. The feature vectors are stored in association with data relating to the associated face region. At least one reference region including a face to be recognized is/are selected from an image. At least one classifier on which said retrieval is to be based is/are selected from the image classifiers. A respective feature vector for each selected classifier is determined for the reference region. The sub-set of images is retrieved from within the image collection in accordance with the distance between the feature vectors determined for the reference region and the feature vectors for face regions of the image collection.