Determining an interest level for an image
AssigneeIntellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
InventorsElena A. Fedorovskaya, Jeffrey Clarence Snyder, Sharon Lynn Chu Yew Yee
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Abstract
A method for determining an interest level of a digital image to a particular person. The digital image, or metadata associated with the digital image, is analyzed to designate one or more image elements in the digital image. Familiarity levels of the designated image elements to the particular person are determined. The interest level of the digital image to the particular person is then determined responsive to the determined familiarity levels. In some embodiments the image elements include persons and scene contexts, where digital images containing more familiar persons and less familiar scene contexts correspond to higher interest levels.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- automatically analyzing, by a processor, a digital image or metadata associated with the digital image to designate one or more image elements in the digital image;
- determining familiarity levels of the designated image elements to a particular person, wherein determining the familiarity levels comprises:
- designating a digital image collection that is associated with the particular person, the digital image collection including a plurality of digital images;
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- determining a degree of similarity between each of the designated image elements and one or more image elements in the digital images in the digital image collection, wherein each familiarity level is based on a corresponding determined degree of similarity;
- determining an interest level of the digital image to the particular person responsive to the determined familiarity levels;
- and
- storing an indication of the determined interest level in a memory.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
- instructions to automatically analyze a digital image or metadata associated with the digital image to designate one or more image elements in the digital image;
- instructions to determine familiarity levels of the designated image elements to a particular person, wherein determining the familiarity levels comprises:
- designating a digital image collection that is associated with the particular person, the digital image collection including a plurality of digital images;
- and
- determining a degree of similarity between each of the designated image elements and one or more image elements in the digital images in the digital image collection, wherein each familiarity level is based on a corresponding determined degree of similarity;
- instructions to determine an interest level of the digital image to the particular person responsive to the determined familiarity levels;
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- instructions to store an indication of the determined interest level in a memory.
A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- automatically analyze a digital image or metadata associated with the digital image to designate one or more image elements in the digital image;
- determine familiarity levels of the designated image elements to a particular person, wherein to determine the familiarity levels the one or more processors are configured to:
- designate a digital image collection that is associated with the particular person, the digital image collection including a plurality of digital images;
- and
- determine a degree of similarity between each of the designated image elements and one or more image elements in the digital images in the digital image collection, wherein each familiarity level is based on a corresponding determined degree of similarity;
- determine an interest level of the digital image to the particular person responsive to the determined familiarity levels;
- and
- store an indication of the determined interest level in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.