TAGGING AN INDIVIDUAL IN A DIGITAL IMAGE

摘要

A system and method for tagging an image of an individual in a plurality of photos is disclosed herein. A feature vector of an individual is used to analyze a set of photos on a social networking website to determine if an image of the individual is present in a photo of the set of photos. Photos having an image of the individual are tagged preferably by listing a URL or URI for each of the photos in a database.

主权项

1. A method for tagging an image of an individual in a plurality of images, the method comprising:
providing a first plurality of images, each of the first plurality of images comprising an identified facial image of the individual; generating a feature vector for the individual based on the identified facial image of the individual in each of the first plurality of images; identifying each image among a second plurality of images having the facial image of the individual by matching the feature vector for the individual to a facial image of the individual in each image; and tagging each image among the second plurality of images having the facial image of the individual with location information of the facial image of the individual in each image, wherein the location information includes X and Y coordinates of each facial image of the individual in each image, and wherein tagging includes storing an identifier for each facial image of the individual in a database and storing the X and Y coordinates for each facial image of the individual in the database.