Classification and organization of consumer digital images using workflow, and face detection and recognition

1. A method comprising:

displaying, within a graphical user interface, an image that depicts one or more faces;

detecting one or more faces within the image;

receiving user input that selects a face of the one or more faces to be a currently-selected face;

selecting a set of images, from a collection of images, that closely match the currently-selected face;

wherein an image in the set of images comprises a normalized face region that is normalized by:

based on, at least in part, one or more distances between eyes, a nose, and a mouth depicted in a face region of the image, determining a profile type of a face depicted in the face region;

based on, at least in part, the profile type, determining a transformation, and applying the transformation to the face region to generate the normalized face region;

concurrently with displaying the currently-selected face, displaying each image in the set of images;

providing, within the graphical user interface, a control that enables a user to select a target image from the set of images; and

in response to detecting that the user has selected the target image using said control, associating the currently-selected face with a person to whom the target image corresponds; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the one or more faces includes displaying a visual indication of a boundary around the one or more faces.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising concurrently displaying an originally-acquired image, the image that depicts one or more faces and a visual indication of a boundary around the one or more faces.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each image in the set of images has been associated with a different person.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying each image in the set of images includes displaying an indication of degree of match between each image and the currently-selected face.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying each image in the set of images includes displaying each image in an order that reflects a degree of match between each image and the currently-selected face.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein each image of the set of images comprises a face image, created from an original digitally acquired image including a face by performing the steps of:

identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within the original digitally acquired image;

selecting a portion of the original image to include the group of pixels;

automatically generating a new image with values of pixels based on the selected portion.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating an option to create a new face for identifying a new person based on the currently-selected face.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising in response to receiving input that selects the option to create the new face, allowing a user to enter a handle to identify the new person.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a set of images of known persons within a database.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause performing:

displaying, within a graphical user interface, an image that depicts one or more faces;

detecting one or more faces within the image;

receiving user input that selects a face of the one or more faces to be a currently-selected face;

selecting a set of images, from a collection of images, that closely match the currently-selected face;

wherein an image in the set of images comprises a normalized face region that is normalized by:

based on, at least in part, one or more distances between eyes, a nose, and a mouth depicted in a face region of the image, determining a profile type of a face depicted in the face region;

based on, at least in part, the profile type, determining a transformation, and applying the transformation to the face region to generate the normalized face region;

concurrently with displaying the currently-selected face, displaying each image in the set of images;

providing, within the graphical user interface, a control that enables a user to select a target image from the set of images; and

in response to detecting that the user has selected the target image using said control, associating the currently-selected face with a person to whom the target image corresponds.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause performing: displaying a visual indication of a boundary around the one or more faces.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause performing: concurrently displaying an originally-acquired image with the image that depicts one or more faces with a visual indication of a boundary around the one or more faces.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein each image in the set of images has been associated with a different person.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause performing: displaying an indication of degree of match between each image and the currently-selected face.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause performing: displaying each image in an order that reflects a degree of match between each image and the currently-selected face.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein each image of the set of images comprises a face image, created from an original digitally acquired image including a face by performing the steps of:

identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within the original digitally acquired image;

selecting a portion of the original image to include the group of pixels;

automatically generating a new image with values of pixels based on the selected portion.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause performing: generating an option to create a new face for identifying a new person based on the currently-selected face.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause performing: in response to receiving input that selects the option to create the new face, allowing a user to enter a handle to identify the new person.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , storing additional instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause performing: selecting a set of images of known persons within a database.