Method and electronic device for providing object recognition result

#The present disclosure relates to a method and electronic device for providing a recognition result of an object, and more particularly, to a method and electronic device for providing a recognition result of an object included in an image in a direction of the object.

#With the development of multimedia technology and computer technology, users are able to receive various services through electronic devices. Specifically, with the development of image processing technology, users can receive recognition results in a front direction of an object included in an image through electronic devices.

#However, typically, there are difficulties in accurately estimating a similar image only using similarity estimation between individual images when searching for a similar image to determine a front direction of an object from an image. Therefore, there is a demand for technology enabling an electronic device to automatically search for an image that is similar to an image from which a recognition result of an object will be provided, to more accurately search an image group corresponding to the object using similarities of a plurality of images, and to estimate a front direction of the object through the image group.

#FIG. 1 shows an example of an electronic device providing a recognition result of an object, according to an embodiment.

#FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method of providing a recognition result of an object, performed by an electronic device, according to an embodiment.

#FIG. 3 shows an example of determining a similarity between images, according to an embodiment.

#An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a memory storing a computer executable instruction; at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instruction to detect an object included in an image, to determine an image group corresponding to the detected object through matching between the image and image groups each grouped for a same object, and to estimate a front direction of the object of the determined image group in the image based on a photographing condition of the determined image group and a photographing condition of the image; and an outputter configured to output information of the image group in the estimated front direction.

#Hereinafter, embodiments of the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that the disclosure may be readily implemented by those skilled in the art. However, the disclosure is not restricted by these embodiments but can be implemented in many different forms. Also, in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted for the simplicity of explanation, and like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

#It will be understood that when a component is referred to as being “connected” to another component, it can be “directly connected” or “electrically connected” to the other component with an intervening component. Also, it will be understood that when a certain part “includes” a certain component, the part does not exclude another component but can further include another component, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.