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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Jiebo Luo, Pittsford, NY (US);

Parag Singla, Seattle, WA (US);

Henry Kautz, Rochester, NY (US);

Andrew C. Gallagher, Fairport, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jiebo Luo, Pittsford, NY (US);

Parag Singla, Seattle, WA (US);

Henry Kautz, Rochester, NY (US);

Andrew C. Gallagher, Fairport, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of categorizing the relationship of individuals from a collection of photos taken in multiple sets of events includes: searching the photo collection to identify individuals in the photo collection, determining the gender and age range of the identified individuals; and using the identified individuals, their occurrences and co-occurrences, their gender, and their ages to infer social relationships between the individuals based on a set of rules.


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