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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

May. 23, 2012
Applicants:

Shenghuo Zhu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Chang Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Kai Yu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shenghuo Zhu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Chang Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Kai Yu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6276 (2013.01); G06K 9/6201 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nearest-neighbor-based distance metric learning process includes applying an exponential-based loss function to provide a smooth objective; and determining an objective and a gradient of both hinge-based and exponential-based loss function in a quadratic time of the number of instances using a computer.


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