Method of automatic management of images in a collection of images and corresponding device

摘要

The present invention relates to the field of management of image data in data storage. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and device for automatic detection of duplicate images in data storage and corresponding device while taking into account user perception of what he considers to be duplicate images, which method and device are particularly efficient with regard to the personalized, automatic management of large amounts of image data.

主权项

1. A method of classifying images in an image collection comprising n images, the method comprising:
classifying transformed images in image sets according to perceived resemblance, wherein the transformed images are based on a same reference image, and wherein each of the transformed images has a distinct fingerprint distance with regard to the reference image; determining at least one fingerprint distance threshold that delimits the determined image sets within fingerprint distance zones; classifying the images in the image collection, comprising, for each image i in the image collection; determining of a fingerprint distance between said image i and each of other n−1 images in the image collection; and classifying said each of other n−1 images in one of said fingerprint distance zones according to the determined fingerprint distance.