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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Gordon T. Haupt, San Francisco, CA (US);
J. Andrew Freeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen D. Fleischer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert P. Vallone, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen G. Russell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy B. Frederick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gordon T. Haupt, San Francisco, CA (US);
J. Andrew Freeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen D. Fleischer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert P. Vallone, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen G. Russell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy B. Frederick, San Francisco, CA (US);
3VR Security, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique is disclosed for determining when to close a group of a plurality of groups. A closed group is one to which an image set may not be added. Each group includes one or more image sets. Each image set includes one or more images of at least one object. Each group corresponds to an object that is common among images in the one or more image sets that belong to the group. Determining when to close a particular group is based, at least in part, on one or more factors, such as how many image sets are in the particular group, the length of time the particular group has been open, and data about the one or more image sets in the particular group.