Image-Based Face Search
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsXiaoou Tang, Qiong Yang, Leizhong Zhang, Ta Bao, David P. Vronay
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Abstract
A search includes comparing a query image provided by a user to a plurality of stored images of faces stored in a stored image database, and determining a similarity of the query image to the plurality of stored images. One or more resultant images of faces, selected from among the stored images, are displayed to the user based on the determined similarity of the stored images to the query image provided by the user. The resultant images are displayed based at least in part on one or more facial features.
Claims20
One or more computer-readable media storing instructions comprising:
- prompting a user to provide a query image of a face;
- prompting the user to indicate a preference for one or more facial features of the query image of the face;
- comparing the query image provided by the user to a plurality of stored images of faces stored in a stored image database;
- determining a similarity of the query image provided by the user to the plurality of stored images of faces stored in the stored image database, based on the comparison;
- and
- displaying one or more resultant images of faces to a user, the resultant images being selected from among the stored images based on the determined similarity to the query image provided by the user, and based on the facial feature preferences indicated by the user.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- prompting a user to provide a query image of a face through an input device;
- prompting the user to indicate a preference for one or more facial features of the query image of the face;
- displaying one or more resultant images of faces to a user, the resultant images being selected from among the stored images based on a determined similarity to the query image provided by the user,
- wherein the displayed resultant images are clustered into multiple groups based at least in part on one or more facial features.
The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising comparing a query image provided by a user to a plurality of stored images of faces stored in a stored image database, the determined similarity to the query image being based, at least in part, on the comparison.
A system for implementing face image matching comprising:
- memory and a processor;
- a user interface module, stored in the memory and executable on the processor, configured to:
- prompt a user to provide a query image of a face;
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- prompt the user to indicate a preference for one or more facial features of the query image of the face;
- a data management module, stored in the memory and executable on the processor, configured to manage a plurality of stored images of faces stored in a stored image database;
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- a search module, stored in the memory and executable on the processor, configured to determine a similarity of the query image provided by the user to the plurality of stored images of faces stored in the stored image database, the user interface module being further configured to display one or more resultant images of faces to a user, the resultant images being selected from among the stored images based on the determined similarity to the query image provided by the user, and based on the facial feature preferences indicated by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.