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Automatically mining person models of celebrities for visual search applications

US8605956B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 2010
Grant dateDec 10, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/763
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for automated identification of celebrity face images are provided that generate a name list of prominent celebrities, obtain a set of images and corresponding feature vectors for each name, detect faces within the set of images, and remove non-face images. An analysis of the images is performed using an intra-model analysis, an inter-model analysis, and a spectral analysis to return highly accurate biometric models for each of the individuals present in the name list. Recognition is then performed based on precision and recall to identify the face images as belonging to a celebrity or indicate that the face is unknown.

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