Automatic analysis of individual preferences for attractiveness

摘要

A method facilitates selection of candidate matches for an individual from a database of potential applicants. A filter is calculated for the individual by processing images of people in conjunction with the individual's preferences with respect to those images. Feature sets are calculated for the potential applicants by processing images of the potential applicants. The filter is then applied to the feature sets to select candidate matches for the individual.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for selecting candidate matches for an individual from a database of potential applicants, the method comprising a computer system performing the steps of:
creating a training set comprising a plurality of images of people paired with the individual's corresponding preferences with respect to those images; using the training set to train a filter for the individual, the filter learning the individual's preferences by, for each of multiple images in the training set, processing (a) a feature set calculated by processing that image from the training set in conjunction with (b) the individual's corresponding preference with respect to that image; calculating feature sets for the potential applicants, the feature sets calculated by processing images of the potential applicants; and applying the individual's filter to the feature sets to select candidate matches for the individual.