A similarity search may be performed on the image of a person, using visual characteristics and information that is known about the person. The search identifies images of other persons that are similar in appearance to the person in the image.
Description
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/807,120, entitled METHOD FOR ASSESSING FACE SIMILARITY THAT LEVERAGES BIOGRAPHICAL CUES, filed Jul. 12, 2006, the aforementioned priority application being hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,742, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING THE USE OF CAPTURED IMAGES THROUGH RECOGNITION, filed on Oct. 7, 2005; which claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/679,591, entitled METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES, filed May 9, 2005; both of the aforementioned priority applications being hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,741, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL FROM IMAGE FILES BASED ON RECOGNIZED INFORMATION, filed Oct. 7, 2005; which claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/679,591, entitled METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES, filed May 9, 2005; both of the aforementioned priority applications being hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,589, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS FROM IMAGES AND IDENTIFYING RELEVANCY AMONGST IMAGES AND INFORMATION, filed on Oct. 7, 2005; which claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/679,591, entitled METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES, filed May 9, 2005; both of the aforementioned priority applications being hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/246,434, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECTIFIED IMAGE RENDERINGS USING RECOGNITION INFORMATION FROM IMAGES, filed on Oct. 7, 2005; which claims benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/679,591, entitled METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES, filed May 9, 2005; both of the aforementioned priority applications being hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to a computer-implemented method for performing similarity searches, such as of persons and faces.
BACKGROUND
Digital photography has become a consumer application of great significance. It has afforded individuals convenience in capturing and sharing digital images. Devices that capture digital images have become low-cost, and the ability to send pictures from one location to the other has been one of the driving forces in the drive for more network bandwidth.
Due to the relative low cost of memory and the availability of devices and platforms from which digital images can be viewed, the average consumer maintains most digital images on computer-readable mediums, such as hard drives, CD-Roms, and flash memory. The use of file folders are the primary source of organization, although applications have been created to aid users in organizing and viewing digital images. Some search engines, such as GOOGLE, also enables users to search for images, primarily by matching text-based search input to text metadata or content associated with images.
Patent History
Patent number: 7760917
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 12, 2007
Date of Patent: Jul 20, 2010
Patent Publication Number: 20080080745
Assignee: Like.com (San Mateo, CA)
Inventors: Vincent Vanhoucke (Menlo Park, CA), Salih Burak Gokturk (Mountain View, CA), Dragomir Anguelov (San Francisco, CA), Kuang-chih Lee (Union City, CA), Munjal Shah (Palo Alto, CA), Ashwin Tengli (Bangalore)
Primary Examiner: Charles Kim
Attorney: Mahamedi Paradice Kreisman LLP
Application Number: 11/777,070