Human image retrieval system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8306281
APP PUB NO 20090060294A1
SERIAL NO

12260489

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In a similar face retrieval system for retrieving an image photographing a face similar to a face detected from a retrieval query image from a retrieval target image group by using an image photographing a human face as the retrieval query image, whole image features as features representative of background information are extracted from each whole area of an each image of a retrieval target image group, to calculate a degree of similarity through comparison with each set of whole image features, and an image having a degree of similarity not lower than a certain value and having a lower retrieval result order from retrieval results. It is possible to efficiently retrieve the same person playing in different scenes by utilizing different features for a retrieval process and a filtering process.

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  • HITACHI, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akira, Naoto Kokubunji, JP 18 122
Hiroike, Atsushi Kawagoe, JP 30 283
Matsubara, Daisuke Kokubunji, JP 63 1342
Morimoto, Yasutsugu Kodaira, JP 18 587

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