System and method for appearance search

A method comprising:

• capturing video of a scene, the video having images of objects;
• identifying one or more of the objects within the images of the objects, wherein the identifying comprises:
• identifying multiple ones of the objects within at least one of the images;
• and
• dividing the at least one of the images into multiple divided images, each divided image of the multiple divided images comprising at least a portion of one of the identified objects;
• generating, using a learning machine, signatures of the identified objects, and a signature of an object of interest;
• generating similarity scores for the identified objects by comparing the signatures of the identified objects with the signature of the object of interest;
• and
• presenting on a display one or more of the images of the objects based on the similarity scores.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer program code executable by one or more processors and configured when executed by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• capturing video of a scene, the video having images of objects;
• identifying one or more of the objects within the images of the objects, wherein the identifying comprises:
• identifying multiple ones of the objects within at least one of the images;
• and
• dividing the at least one of the images into multiple divided images, each divided image of the multiple divided images comprising at least a portion of one of the identified objects;
• generating, using a learning machine, signatures of the identified objects, and a signature of an object of interest;
• generating similarity scores for the identified objects by comparing the signatures of the identified objects with the signature of the object of interest;
• and
• presenting on a display one or more of the images of the objects based on the similarity scores.

A system comprising:

• one or more cameras configured to capture video of a scene;
• and one or more processors and memory comprising computer program code stored on the memory and configured when executed by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
• extracting chips from the video, wherein the chips comprise images of objects;
• identifying multiple objects within at least one of the chips;
• and dividing the at least one chip into multiple divided chips, each divided chip of the multiple divided chips comprising at least a portion of one of the identified objects, wherein the method further comprises:
• implementing a learning machine configured to generate signatures of the identified objects and generate a signature of an object of interest, and wherein the learning machine is a second learning machine, and wherein the identifying and the dividing are performed by a first learning machine implemented by the one or more processors.