Patent ID: 6915011

Claim:
An event clustering method for clustering images comprising similar events into same event image groups from a group of images, said event clustering method comprising the steps of: (a) segmenting each image within the group of images into a plurality of image regions, said image regions comprising at least one a foreground and background segmentation; (b) extracting at least one feature from each of a plurality of successive images from the group of images to form a feature set, each of said at least one feature deriving from said at least one foreground and background segmentation, said features comprising at least one of luminosity, color, position and size of said plurality of image regions; (c) computing a plurality of similarity measures for said plurality of successive images as a function of the similarity of said at least one feature within said feature set; (d) measuring a plurality of image distances between successive images as a function of said plurality of similarity measures; and (e) delimiting a set of event clusters as a function of said plurality of image distances, whereby each of said set of event clusters comprises a plurality of same event image groups, said same event image groups comprising images pertaining to a set of same events.