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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Nagaoka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sugiharto Sudiro Widjaja, San Mateo, CA (US);
Yuwen Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffery Jon Sunzeri, San Jose, CA (US);
John E. Adcock, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andreas Girgensohn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lynn D. Wilcox, Palo Alto, CA (US);
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for organizing digital media, particularly digital photos, using face recognition. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a computer-based method for organizing digital photos comprises: extracting objects of interest from a plurality of photographs; cropping said plurality of photographs to generate images of isolated objects of interest; applying a recognition algorithm to determine the similarity of isolated objects of interest with a reference; displaying a plurality of objects arranged as a function of the determined similarity; and receiving user input to associate said objects with a particular classification.