Grouping and ranking images based on facial recognition data
US10607062B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/172
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Technologies for grouping images, and ranking the images and the groupings, based on entities shown in the images. Images may be grouped based on faces shown in the images. Different images with faces that indicate the same entity (e.g., Adam) may be automatically grouped together. Different images with faces that indicate the same multiple entities (e.g., the people in my family) may also be automatically grouped together. Such automatic grouping may be based on facial recognition technologies. Further, images and groups of images may be automatically ranked based on the faces shown and entities represented. Such rankings may also be influenced by adjacent data that indicates family and friends and the like, and that can be used to identify such entities in the images.
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