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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Wei Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Tong Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel R. Tretter, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); G06K 9/00234 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for clustering images, comprising detecting faces in respective images to generate face data, generating a first cluster of images using the face data, the first cluster comprising images with a common face and representing a corresponding person, generating a second cluster of images using clothes data representing a set of clothing signatures, the second cluster comprising images with a common set of clothes, and using the first and second clusters to link an image of the person to the clusters in order to generate a third cluster for the person.