Image processing to identify selected individuals in a field of view

A computer program product for detecting selected individuals, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• access reference image data of the selected individuals;
• capture, using an imaging device, live image data of a scene;
• identify overlap between the reference image data of the selected individuals and the live image data of the scene, wherein the overlap comprises image data of the selected individuals in the scene;
• based at least in part on the live image data of the selected individuals in the scene, capture, using the imaging device, sets of image data of the selected individuals in the scene, wherein capturing the sets of image data is performed while the imaging device is in motion;
• capture, using a movement sensor of the imaging device, movement data of the imaging device, wherein capture of the movement data is performed while the movement sensor is capturing the sets of image data of the selected individuals in the scene;
• based at least in part on the movement data and the sets of image data of the selected individuals in the scene, generate a tracking record comprising instructions for positioning the imaging device where the imaging device captured the sets of image data of the selected individuals in the scene;
• provide an indication on a display of the imaging device that each of the selected individuals has been detected in accordance with a ranking of scores for the selected individuals, the ranking being based on an ability to view each friend and/or a value related to a social relationship;
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• provide movement instructions based on the tracking record to a user to move the imaging device in order to focus on one or more of the selected individuals in response to a selection by the user.