Method and apparatus for automated analysis and identification of a person in image and video content

US9129151B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9129151-B2
Application numberUS-201414308050-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 18, 2014
Priority dateAug 11, 2011
Publication dateSep 8, 2015
Grant dateSep 8, 2015

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A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for identifying a person in an image includes an image analyzer. The image analyzer determines the content of an image such as a person, location, and object shown in the image. A person in the image may be identified based on the content and event data stored in a database. Event data includes information concerning events and related people, locations, and objects determined from other images and information. Identification metadata is generated and linked to each analyzed image and comprises information determined during image analysis. Tags for images are generated based on identification metadata. The event database can be queried to identify particular people, locations, objects, and events depending on a user's request.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method comprising: determining, by a processor, an identification of a person in a first image, captured at a first time, based on a first portion of the person being depicted in the first image; determining, by the processor, a location depicted in the first image based on content depicted in the first image; identifying, by the processor, a second image, captured at a second time different from the first time, depicting a second portion of the…

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What does patent US9129151B2 cover?
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for identifying a person in an image includes an image analyzer. The image analyzer determines the content of an image such as a person, location, and object shown in the image. A person in the image may be identified based on the content and event data stored in a database. Event data includes information concerning events and related people, l…
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What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06K9/00288. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 08 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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