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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Gang Hua, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven M. Drucker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael Revow, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul A. Viola, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Zemel, Toronto, CA;
Gang Hua, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven M. Drucker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael Revow, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul A. Viola, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Zemel, Toronto, CA;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for organizing images includes an extraction component that extracts visual information (e.g., faces, scenes, etc.) from the images. The extracted visual information is provided to a comparison component which computes similarity confidence data between the extracted visual information. The similarity confidence data is an indication of the likelihood that items of extracted visual information are similar. The comparison component then generates a visual distribution of the extracted visual information based upon the similarity confidence data. The visual distribution can include groupings of the extracted visual information based on computed similarity confidence data. For example, the visual distribution can be a two-dimensional layout of faces organized based on the computed similarity confidence data—with faces in closer proximity faces computed to have a greater probability of representing the same person. The visual distribution can then be utilized by a user to sort, organize and/or tag images.