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Automatic cataloging of people in digital photographs

US6606398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1998
Grant dateAug 12, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/583
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for cataloging facial images stores an image associated with at least one facial image in a face database. Each of the facial images is further associated with at least one identification parameter. The method automatically catalogs a new image into the face database according to pre-existing matching facial images located in the face database.

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