# US 2014/0153837 A1 · Automatic event recognition and cross-user photo clustering

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- Number: US 2014/0153837 A1
- Document ID: US20140153837A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/162,708
- Filed: 2014-01-23
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2011-02-18
- Assignees: Google Inc.
- Applicants: Google Inc.
- Inventors: Matthew S. Steiner
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153837A1

## CPC

- G06V 20/30: in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
- G06F 16/5838: {using colour}
- G06F 16/5866: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information}
- G06F 18/24: Classification techniques
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatic event recognition and photo clustering. In one aspect, methods include receiving, from a first user, first image data corresponding to a first image, receiving, from a second user, second image data corresponding to a second image, comparing the first image data and the second image data, and determining that the first image and the second image correspond to a coincident event based on the comparing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
a data processing apparatus; and
a computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by the data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first user, first image data corresponding to a first image;
receiving, from a second user, second image data corresponding to a second image;
comparing the first image data and the second image data; and
determining that the first image and the second image each correspond to an event based on the comparing, the event being coincident with respect to the first image and the second image.

### Claim at position 2

2-22. (canceled)