Automatic creation of a group shot image from a short video clip using intelligent select and merge

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for causing a computing device to:

• identify a video clip of frames comprising images of faces of a group of multiple people;
• determine emotional alignment scores for the frames of the video clip based on assessing the faces in each of the frames with respect to an emotional characteristic, including determining an emotional quotient score for the video clip based on emotional quotient scores for the frames, wherein the emotional quotient score for the video clip numerically represents an overall emotional mood of the video clip;
• determine eye scores for the frames of the video clip based on assessing states of the eyes of the faces in each of the frames;
• determine comprehensive scores for the frames of the video clip based on the emotional alignment scores and the eye scores;
• and
• create a group shot image, wherein creating the group shot image comprises selecting a frame from the video clip based on the comprehensive scores determined for the frames of the video clip.

A system for automatically creating a group shot image based on intelligent selection of a frame from a video clip, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to
• identify a video clip of frames comprising images of faces of a group of multiple people;
• determine emotional alignment scores for the frames of the video clip based on assessing the faces in each of the frames with respect to an emotional characteristic, including determining an emotional quotient score for the video clip based on emotional quotient scores for the frames, wherein the emotional quotient score for the video clip numerically represents an overall emotional mood of the video clip;
• determine eye scores for the frames of the video clip based on assessing states of the eyes of the faces in each of the frames;
• determine comprehensive scores for the frames of the video clip based on the emotional alignment scores and the eye scores;
• and
• create a group shot image, wherein creating the group shot image comprises selecting a frame from the video clip based on the comprehensive scores determined for the frames of the video clip.