Patent Document ID: 9721166
Application ID: 14517856
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of detecting a particular human in a plurality of images of humans, the method comprising: using one or more processors: receiving input data describing the appearance of the particular human; generating a representation of the particular human based on the input data; generating an avatar signature for the particular human based on said representation; automatically extracting images of humans from the plurality of images and generating respective human signatures for at least some of the humans based on the extracted images; using the representation to identify one or more of the humans in said plurality of images as a candidate for the particular human by comparing the avatar signature with the human signatures, wherein the generation of the avatar signature comprises: dividing the representation into avatar body parts; determining a first set of dominant colors for each avatar body part; dividing the avatar body parts into avatar layers; and determining a first distribution of only the first set of dominant colors on the avatar layers, and wherein the generation of each human signature comprises: dividing an image corresponding to the human into human body parts; determining a second set of dominant colors for each human body part; dividing the human body parts into human layers; and determining a second distribution of only the second set of dominant colors on the human layers.