System and method for automatically generating albums

摘要

A method for automatically generating photo albums is performed by a server computer. The server computer retrieves a set of images over the network interface before it retrieves metadata and a first set of tags from each image. The server computer also generates a second set of tags for each image, and stores the sets of tags into a database. The server computer further determines a set of search parameters and retrieves a second set of images from the database. A photo album is then generated from the second set of images.

主权项

1. An image processing system for automatically generating albums comprising:
a first server computer, the first server computer includes a processor, a network interface coupled to the processor and adaptively coupled to a database, and a server software application operating on the processor; the server software application adapted to:
over the network interface, retrieve a first set of images from a client computer or a second server computer;retrieve metadata and a first set of tags from each image in the first set of images;
perform scene understanding on each image in the first set of images to recognize a scene type;perform facial recognition on the each image in the first set of images to recognize a facial expression;generate a second set of tags for each image in the first set of images based, at least in part, on results of the scene understanding and the facial recognition;store the first set of tags and the second set of tags in the database;determine a set of search parameters;based on the set of search parameters, retrieve a second set of images from the database;generate an album from the second set of images; andstore the album into the database.