Patent ID: 9495617
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for creating an image product by accurately grouping faces, comprising: receiving an initial set of n* face groups for a plurality of face images, wherein n* is a positive integer bigger than 1; training classifiers between pairs of face groups in the initial set of n* face groups using image-product statistics by a computer processor; classifying the plurality of face images by n*(n*−1)/2 classifiers to output binary vectors for the plurality of face images by the computer processor; calculating a value for a similarity function using the binary vectors for each pair of the plurality of face images; grouping the plurality of face images into modified face groups based on values of similarity functions by the computer processor; and creating an image product based at least in part on the modified face groups.