Patent ID: 6356658
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for identifying a match for a target digital image from among a set of candidate digital images, comprising:(a) identifying at least one candidate most salient point set from at least one of said candidate digital images, wherein said at least one candidate most salient point set is characterized by a majority of said point set being representative of vertices of at outer contour of an image depicted by said at least one of said candidate digital images; (b) identifying a target most salient point set from said target digital image; (c) comparing said at least one candidate most salient point set to said target most salient point set; and (d) for each said at least one said candidate digital image marking said candidate digital image for further inspection if said candidate most salient point set meets a similarity threshold with said target most salient point set.