Systems and methods of detecting significant faces in video streams

A method of detecting significant faces in video streams comprising:

• detecting at least one face in a video stream;
• tracking the at least one face to determine at least one video clip associated with one of a plurality of individuals;
• assigning the at least one video clip to a group of video clips based on the associated one individual;
• detecting at least one significant face in the group of video clips when the detected face meets one or more significance criteria, wherein the significance criteria is associated with a face-frame characteristic;
• displaying a representation of the at least one significant face in association with a representation of the group of video clips;
• and
• adjusting an order of the one or more significance criteria through a user interface, wherein the tracking the at least one face is performed using backward tracking or motion object tracking, wherein the backward tracking comprises:
• noting a frame in which an object obstructing the detected face is moved so that the detected face is less obstructed;
• and
• backward tracking the detected face by examining those frames in the video stream that are earlier in time than the noted frame to find the first occurrence of the detected face in the video stream.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured by instructions retrieved from the memory to:
• detect at least one face in a video stream;
• track the at least one face to determine at least one video clip associated with one of a plurality of individuals;
• assign the at least one video clip to a group of video clips based on the associated one individual;
• detect at least one significant face in the group of video clips, based on one or more significance criteria, the significance criteria describing a face-frame characteristic;
• display a representation of the at least one significant face in association with a representation of the group of video clips;
• and
• adjust an order of the one or more significance criteria through a user interface, wherein the processor is further configured to track the at least one face using backward tracking or motion object tracking, wherein the processor is configured to perform backward tracking by noting a frame in which a greater portion of the detected face comes into view and backward tracking the detected face by tracking an object in those frames in the video stream that are earlier in time than the noted frame to find the first occurrence of the detected face in the video stream.