The tech giant Google is reported to file a patent application in Europe august last year, which is supposedly published on Feb10,2011.
The Application defines how the availability of social networking profile data can increase the accuracy of facial recognition. Google has been working diligently since 2009 towards "Real time google search" but decided to delay implementing facial recognition until 2011. The technique involves checking visual queries against images accessible through social networking applications, calendar applications, and collaborative applications. Images obtained from these applications can then be compared for similarity to create a ranked list of possible identities to be used in conjunction with other search-related data.Surprisingly the filing took place a week before, it announced search engine like.com. Image courtesy link.
The Application defines how the availability of social networking profile data can increase the accuracy of facial recognition. Google has been working diligently since 2009 towards "Real time google search" but decided to delay implementing facial recognition until 2011. The technique involves checking visual queries against images accessible through social networking applications, calendar applications, and collaborative applications. Images obtained from these applications can then be compared for similarity to create a ranked list of possible identities to be used in conjunction with other search-related data.Surprisingly the filing took place a week before, it announced search engine like.com. Image courtesy link.
