Indexing, storage and retrieval of digital images
US7203367B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a system for archiving, indexing and retrieving images of persons including the steps of providing image data relating to the images of persons to a suitably programmed computer, employing a first suitably programmed computer functionality to provide face recognition of the images, employing a second suitably programmed computer functionality to group the images according to faces recognized therein and employing a third suitably programmed computer functionality to provide an index of groups of the images organized according to faces recognized therein.
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