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Face recognition in a digital imaging system accessing a database of people

US7843495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2002
Grant dateNov 30, 2010
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3226
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method and apparatus for building up a database of known faces, the database of known faces allows the names of the people captured in an image to be added to the meta-data of the image file. The digital imaging device will ask the user to identify unknown people captured in an image.

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