FACIAL RECOGNITION USING SOCIAL NETWORKING INFORMATION

摘要

In particular embodiments, one or more images associated with a primary user are received. The image(s) may comprise single images, a series of related images, or video frames. In each image, one or more faces are detected and/or tracked. For each face, a set of one or more candidates are selected who may be identified with the face. A candidate score is calculated for each candidate based on a computed measure of affinity of the primary user for a particular candidate, a facial recognition score comparing the candidate to the face, and a geographic proximity of the candidate to the primary user at a time when the one or more images were created. A winning candidate is selected based on the candidate scores.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
by one or more computing devices, receiving one or more images associated with a primary user, wherein one or more faces appear in at least one of the one or more images; by the one or more computing devices, for each of the one or more faces, selecting one or more candidates who may be identified with the face; by the one or more computing devices, determining a candidate score for each of the candidates, wherein the candidate score for a particular candidate represents a likelihood that the particular candidate corresponds to the face, the candidate score being based at least in part on:
a geographic proximity between the particular candidate and the primary user at a time that the at least one of the one or more images was created;a computed measure of affinity of the primary user's interest in the particular candidate; anda facial recognition comparison of the particular candidate to the face; and by the one or more computing devices, selecting a winning candidate for the face from the one or more candidates, wherein the selecting is based on the respective candidate scores of the one or more candidates.