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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Kurt DE Vos, Erpe, BE;
Philip Marivoet, Tienen, BE;
Vanessa Schelkens, Heverlee, BE;
Daniel Clarke, Curracloe, IE;
Kurt De Vos, Erpe, BE;
Philip Marivoet, Tienen, BE;
Vanessa Schelkens, Heverlee, BE;
Daniel Clarke, Curracloe, IE;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY EUROPE LIMITED, Weybridge, GB;
Abstract
There is described an apparatus for outputting a group of images for display, the group being taken from a plurality of images, each image in the plurality of images having a face located therein, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to: retrieve a set of images from a storage medium, the set of images containing at least the plurality of images from which the group of images to be displayed is selected; identify the face in each of the plurality of images; identify variable features on the face in each of the plurality of images; establish the group of images in accordance with a measure of the dissimilarity between the variable features in the plurality of images; and output the group of images for display.