Image search using face detection

An image search system using face detection, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• and
• a face searching system communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, the face searching system configured to perform a method comprising:
• receiving a query submitted by a user, wherein the query comprises at least one query word;
• searching, in response to receiving the query, a set of image resources;
• obtaining, in response to the searching, an initial set of images from the set of image resources that is associated with the query word;
• identifying a set of images in the initial set of images that comprises at least one face, the set of images comprising a first order;
• analyzing a set of text comprising the query word and associated with each image in the set of images that has been identified;
• determining, in response to the analyzing, if the query word within the set of text indicates a person's name;
• in response to the query word indicating a person's name, analyzing the query to obtain a number, M, of people's names in the query;
• counting a number, N, of faces in each image in the set of images that have been identified;
• dividing the initial set of images into a set of three groups of images comprising a first group of M=N, a second group of M<N, and a third group of M>N;
• re-ordering the initial set of images in a second order based on the set of three groups with the group M=N being a first ordered group in the second order;
• and
• returning one or more images in the initial set of images that have been re-ordered in the second order in response to the query word in the set of text associated with the one or more images indicating a person's name.