Kiyohara
Keith Kiyohara, Santa Monica, CA US
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20090252383 | Method and Apparatus to Incorporate Automatic Face Recognition in Digital Image Collections - A method and apparatus for creating and updating a facial image database from a collection of digital images is disclosed. A set of detected faces from a digital image collection is stored in a facial image database, along with data pertaining to them. At least one facial recognition template for each face in the first set is computed, and the images in the set are grouped according to the facial recognition template into similarity groups. Another embodiment is a naming tool for assigning names to a plurality of faces detected in a digital image collection. A facial image database stores data pertaining to facial images detected in images of a digital image collection. In addition, the naming tool may include a graphical user interface, a face detection module that detects faces in images of the digital image collection and stores data pertaining to the detected faces in the facial image database, a face recognition module that computes at least one facial recognition template for each facial image in the facial image database, and a similarity grouping module that groups facial images in the facial image database according to the respective templates such that similar facial images belong to one similarity group. | 10-08-2009 |
Keith Kiyohara, Mountain View, CA US
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20130251217 | Method and Apparatus to Incorporate Automatic Face Recognition in Digital Image Collections - A method and apparatus for creating and updating a facial image database from a collection of digital images is disclosed. A set of detected faces from a digital image collection is stored in a facial image database, along with data pertaining to them. At least one facial recognition template for each face in the first set is computed, and the images in the set are grouped according to the facial recognition template into similarity groups. Another embodiment is a naming tool for assigning names to a plurality of faces detected in a digital image collection. A facial image database stores data pertaining to facial images detected in images of a digital image collection. In addition, the naming tool may include a graphical user interface, a face detection module that detects faces in images of the digital image collection and stores data pertaining to the detected faces in the facial image database, a face recognition module that computes at least one facial recognition template for each facial image in the facial image database, and a similarity grouping module that groups facial images in the facial image database according to the respective templates such that similar facial images belong to one similarity group. | 09-26-2013 |
Keith S. Kiyohara, Santa Monica, CA US
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20140108526 | SOCIAL GATHERING-BASED GROUP SHARING - Implementations include receiving a first image that displays context of an event, the first image being received during the event, receiving a first identifier associated with a first attendee, the first identifier being associated with a user profile in a computer-implemented social networking service and being determined based on processing of the first image to detect a presence of the first attendee in the first image, determining, based on the first identifier, that the first attendee is a contact of a user within the social networking service, populating an event social circle to include the first attendee, the event social circle being associated with the user and defining a distribution for digital content generated by the user within the social networking service, receiving digital content generated by a computing device of the user, and distributing the digital content based on the event social circle. | 04-17-2014 |
Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Santa Monica, CA US
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20120027256 | Automatic Media Sharing Via Shutter Click - A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. Collections of images are received from different users, where each collection is associated with a particular user and the users may be associated with each other. The collections are grouped into one or more albums based on the content of the images in the collection, where each album is associated with a particular user. The albums from the different users are grouped into one or more event groups based on the content of the albums. The event groups are then shared automatically, without user intervention, between the different users based on their associations with each other and their individual sharing preferences. | 02-02-2012 |
20120314917 | Automatic Media Sharing Via Shutter Click - A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. A first image is received depicting a scene with one or more persons. Face detection information is identified for each person in the first image. Identification information for each face detected is obtained without user intervention. The face detection information and the identification information are associated with the first image. The first image including the associated face detection information and identification information is sent to a server hosting a media sharing service. An access link to an event group is received. The event group includes an album of the first image and a first collection of images that share a set of common features with the first image. | 12-13-2012 |
20140056489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING MEDIA - A method, computer program product, and computer system for determining, on a computing device, a feature of an object associated with at least a portion of media. A value is associated with the feature of the object. A score of the object is determined based, at least in part, on the value associated with the feature. A determination is made whether to share an identity of the object based, at least in part, on the score of the object. | 02-27-2014 |
20140136419 | LIMITED USE TOKENS GRANTING PERMISSION FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTITY VERIFICATION - Systems and methods are described herein for granting permission for biometric identity verification by a third-party using a limited-use token. A merchant point of sale (“POS”) system may receive transaction payment information from a mobile device associated with a customer. The customer may consent to biometric verification allowing the mobile device to provide customer identification information and a biometric verification token to the POS system. The POS system can collect a sample of biometric information from the customer. The biometric verification token may be transmitted to an identity verification service to be authenticated as originating from the mobile device of the customer. Upon successful authentication of the biometric verification token by the identity verification service, the service may evaluate the biometric information collected from the customer as corresponding to the customer identification or not. | 05-15-2014 |
20140304269 | AUTOMATIC MEDIA SHARING VIA SHUTTER CLICK - A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. A first image is received depicting a scene with one or more persons. Face detection information is identified for each person in the first image. Identification information for each face detected is obtained without user intervention. The face detection information and the identification information are associated with the first image. The first image including the associated face detection information and identification information is sent to a server hosting a media sharing service. An access link to an event group is received. The event group includes an album of the first image and a first collection of images that share a set of common features with the first image. | 10-09-2014 |
Tsutomu Kiyohara, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130344704 | ENHANCEMENT IN UV CURING EFFICIENCY USING OXYGEN-DOPED PURGE FOR ULTRA LOW-K DIELECTRIC FILM - Embodiments of the invention provide methods for curing an ultra low-k dielectric film within a UV processing chamber. In one embodiment, the method includes depositing an ultra low-k dielectric layer on a substrate in a deposition chamber, and subjecting the deposited ultra low-k dielectric layer to a UV curing processes in a UV processing chamber. The method includes stabilizing the UV processing chamber by flowing an oxygen gas and a purge gas into the UV processing chamber at a flow ratio of about 1:50000 to about 1:100. While flowing the oxygen-doped purge gas, the substrate is exposed to UV radiation to cure the deposited ultra low-k dielectric layer. The inventive oxygen-doped purge curing process provides an alternate pathway to build silicon-oxygen network of the ultra low-k dielectric material, thereby accelerating cross-linking efficiency without significantly affecting the film properties of the deposited ultra low-k dielectric material. | 12-26-2013 |
20140272184 | METHODS FOR MAINTAINING CLEAN ETCH RATE AND REDUCING PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION WITH PECVD OF AMORPHOUS SILICON FILIMS - Methods for maintaining clean etch rate and reducing particulate contamination with PECVD of amorphous silicon films are provided. The method comprises cleaning a processing chamber with a plasma comprising a cleaning gas, exposing at least a portion of the interior surfaces and components of the processing chamber to an oxidation gas and a nitration gas in the presence of a plasma and depositing a bi-layer seasoning layer on the interior surfaces and components of the processing chamber. | 09-18-2014 |