System and method for identifying social trends
AssigneeCortica, Ltd.
InventorsIgal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
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Abstract
A method and system for identifying social trends are provided. The method includes collecting multimedia content from a plurality of data sources; gathering environmental variables related to the collected multimedia content; extracting visual elements from the collected multimedia content; generating at least one signature for each extracted visual element; generating at least one cluster of visual elements by clustering at least similar signatures generated for the extracted visual elements; correlating environmental variables related to visual elements in the at least one cluster; determining at least one social trend by associating the correlated environmental variables with the at least one cluster.
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A method for identifying social trends, comprising:
- collecting multimedia content from a plurality of data sources;
- wherein the multimedia content comprises multiple images, the multiple images are acquired by multiple cameras;
- sensing, by one or more sensors that differ from the multiple cameras, one or more environmental variables related to acquisitions of the multiple images;
- extracting, by a server, visual elements from the multiple images;
- generating at least one signature for each extracted visual element;
- generating at least one cluster of visual elements by clustering at least similar signatures generated for the extracted visual elements;
- collecting, by the server, the one or more environmental variables related to the acquisition of the multiple images only when a predetermined threshold of a repetitive signature related to a certain extracted visual element sensed at a certain location is generated;
- correlating environmental variables related to visual elements in the at least one cluster;
- and
- determining at least one social trend by associating the correlated environmental variables with the at least one duster.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for
- collecting multimedia content from a plurality of data sources;
- wherein the multimedia content comprises multiple images, the multiple images are acquired by multiple cameras;
- sensing, by one or more sensors that differ from the multiple cameras, one or more environmental variables related to acquisitions of the multiple images;
- extracting, by a server, visual elements from the multiple images;
- generating at least one signature for each extracted visual element
- generating at least one cluster of visual elements by clustering at least similar signatures generated for the extracted visual elements;
- collecting, by the server, the one or more environmental variables related to the acquisition of the multiple images only when a predetermined threshold of a repetitive signature related to a certain extracted visual element sensed at a certain location is generated;
- correlating environmental variables related to visual elements in the at least one cluster;
- and
- determining at least one social trend by associating the correlated environmental variables with the at least one cluster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.