Patent ID: 8306284
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for indexing face images in a collection of images according to the persons that are represented by the face images, comprising: automatically indexing, by a computer processor, the face images in the collection so as to create a multiplicity of sets of face images, wherein each set comprises face images that are determined to represent the same person, and wherein the sets comprise errors chosen from the group consisting of false-positive errors and false-negative errors; presenting to an operator by a display, a set, wherein the operator manually determines whether all of the face images in the set represent the same person; manually splitting a set representing more than one person into a multiplicity of sets, each of which consist of face images that represent a single person; displaying to the operator by a display at least one face image from a first set and at least one face image from a second set, wherein the operator manually determines whether the first set and the second set comprise face images representing the same person; and manually merging the first set and the second set if the sets comprise face images representing the same person; wherein the resulting sets of face images now contain no false-positive or false negative errors.