US 11,941,912 B2
Image scoring and identification based on facial feature descriptors
Chunkit Jacky Chan, Redmond, WA (US); David Lee, Redmond, WA (US); and Allison Light, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,398.
Application 17/813,398 is a continuation of application No. 16/813,284, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,430,256.
Application 16/813,284 is a continuation of application No. 15/692,494, filed on Aug. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,607,062, issued on Mar. 31, 2020.
Application 15/692,494 is a continuation of application No. 14/264,619, filed on Apr. 29, 2014, granted, now 9,773,156, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351543 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06V 20/30 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/16 (2022.01) [G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06V 20/30 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
receiving, by the computing device, a first digital image comprised of pixels;
detecting, by the computing device, a first face and a second face in the first digital image based on values of pixels within the first digital image and location coordinates of the pixels within the first digital image;
generating, by the computing device, a first face score for the first face detected in the first digital image and a second face score for the second face detected in the first digital image;
generating, by the computing device, a first face signature for the first face and a second face signature detected in the first digital image, wherein the first face signature indicates a first entity that the first face represents and the second face signature indicates a second entity that the second face represents; and
based on the first face score, the second face score, the first face signature, the second face signature, adding, by the computing device, the first digital image to a first multi-entity group for the first entity and the second entity.