METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING INCREMENTAL CLUSTERING OF FACES IN DIGITAL IMAGES

摘要

A method for providing incremental clustering of faces in digital images may include, subsequent to generation of a first set of clusters and a first set of singletons from a first set of digital images, causing merging of faces in a second set of images into corresponding clusters among the first set of clusters to modify the first set of clusters and generate a second set of singletons. The method may further include causing clustering of the first set of singletons with the second set of singletons to define a second set of clusters without recalculating distances associated with the first set of singletons and causing merging of the first set of clusters with the second set of clusters. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided.