US 2015/0317512 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING FACE AGING ERRORS WHEN PERFORMING FACIAL RECOGNITION

Abstract

A computer implemented method and apparatus for mitigating face aging errors when performing facial recognition. The method comprises receiving an indication of a face that needs to be searched in an image set, where each image in the image set comprises a timestamp that identifies a creation date of the image, the creation date being in a continuum of successive time intervals; and identifying the indicated face in images taken in each time interval of a plurality of successive time intervals for the indicated face, wherein each face found in images taken in a previous successive time interval is used as a reference set for identifying the face in images taken in a next successive time interval.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving an indication of a face that needs to be searched in an image set, where each image in the image set comprises a timestamp that identifies a creation date of the image, the creation date being in a continuum of successive time intervals;
and
searching to identify the indicated face in images taken in each time interval of a plurality of successive time intervals in the continuum for the indicated face, wherein each face found in images taken in a current time interval is used for searching to identify the face in images taken in a next successive time interval.

An apparatus for mitigating face aging errors when performing facial recognition comprising:

a computer having one or more processors and further comprising:
a search module configured to receive an indication of a face that needs to be searched in an image set, where each image in the image set comprises a timestamp that identifies a creation date of the image, the creation date being in a continuum of successive time intervals;
dividing the image set into a plurality of successive time intervals, searching for the indicated face in images of a first time interval of the plurality of successive time intervals, extracting a face from an image in the first time interval that matches the indicated face;
and searching for the extracted face in images of a second time interval.

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A non-transient computer readable medium for storing computer instructions that, when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform a method for mitigating face aging errors when performing facial recognition comprising:

receiving an indication of a face that needs to be searched in an image set, where each image in the image set comprises a timestamp that identifies a creation date of the image, the creation date being in a continuum of successive time intervals;
and
searching to identify the indicated face in images taken in each time interval of a plurality of successive time intervals in the continuum for the indicated face, wherein each face found in images taken in a current time interval is used for searching to identify the face in images taken in a next successive time interval.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for mitigating face aging errors when performing facial recognition

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Method and apparatus for mitigating face aging errors when performing facial recognition

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Abstract

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