Patent ID: 6819783
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G03D,G06F,G06K,G07C,G07F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of distributing to a user a specific electronic image comprising a representation of a specific person from among a collection of electronic images containing representations of many persons, the method comprising the steps of:performing facial recognition analysis on each electronic image in the image collection by which a facial identifier is determined for each face represented within each electronic image; storing each electronic image in association with the facial identifier of each person represented within the electronic image; obtaining a reference facial identifier from a source electronic image in which the specific person is represented; selecting the specific electronic image for distribution on the basis of the similarity of the reference facial identifier to a facial identifier associated with the specific electronic image in conjunction with additional information that can be derived from the collection of electronic images, wherein the additional information comprises the association of the specific electronic image for distribution with a facial identifier of a second person.