摘要 |
In response to a query of discernable facial attributes, the locations of distinct and different facial regions are estimated from face image data, each relevant to different attributes. Different features are extracted from the estimated facial regions from database facial images, which are ranked in base layer rankings by matching feature vectors to a base layer ranking sequence as a function of edge weights. Second-layer rankings define second-layer attribute vectors as combinations of the base-layer feature vectors and associated base layer parameter vectors for common attributes, which are matched to a second-layer ranking sequence as a function of edge weights. The images are thus ranked for relevance to the query as a function of the second-layer rankings.
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