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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Rob Sangster, Mosman, AU;
Inventor:
Rob Sangster, Mosman, AU;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for selecting one or more images from a plurality of captured images are disclosed. One method comprises the steps of: analysing the plurality of captured images to recognise faces in the captured images using a facial recognition process (step); updating a count variable relating to a unique face each time the face is recognised in the captured images; selecting one or more unique faces when the related count variable satisfies a predetermined condition (step); and selecting a reduced number of the images which together include at least one instance of each of the selected faces (step).