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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Mustafa Suleyman, London, GB;
Benjamin Kenneth Coppin, Colttenham, GB;
Marek Barwinski, London, GB;
Arun Nair, London, GB;
Andrei-Alexandru Rusu, London, GB;
Chia-Yueh Carlton Chu, Howick, NZ;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system for characterizing an image. The characterization may then be used to conduct a search for similar images, for example using a learning system trained using previously characterized images. A face may be identified within the image and a subsection extracted from said image which does not contain said face. At least one fixed size patch is taken from said extracted subsection; and input into said learning network to characterize said image.