Method and apparatus for processing a digital image including a face detection finction
AssigneeSamsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun-kwon Choi, Min-su Kang
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Abstract
A digital image processing apparatus and method may detect faces from an input image, obtain face number information indicating a number of faces detected, and generate an image file including the input image together and the face number information. A number of copies of the image file to print may be automatically determined based on the face number information. A plurality of image files may also be arranged according to their respective number of detected faces.
Claims22
A digital image processing method comprising:
- detecting faces from an input image;
- obtaining face number information indicating a number of faces detected;
- and
- generating an image file including the input image and the face number information.
A digital image processing apparatus for processing a digital image, the apparatus comprising:
- a face detection unit configured to detect faces from an input image;
- a face number information obtaining unit communicatively coupled with the face detection unit and configured to obtain face number information indicating a number of faces detected;
- and
- an image file generation unit communicatively coupled with the face number information obtaining unit and configured to generate an image file including the input image and the face number information.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor and comprising:
- a code section for detecting faces from an input image;
- a code section for obtaining face number information indicating a number of faces detected;
- and
- a code section for generating an image file including the input image and the face number information.
A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal representing a request to print an image file;
- determining whether the image file includes face number information indicating a number of faces included in an image;
- when the image file includes the face number information, determining a number of copies of the image file to print according to the number of faces indicated in the face number information;
- when the image file does not include the face number information, determining a number of copies of the image file to print to be a predetermined value;
- and
- controlling printing of the image file such that the determined number of copies of the image file are printed.
A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal representing a request to arrange a plurality of image files according to their respective face number information;
- determining whether each of the plurality of image files includes face number information indicating a number of faces included in an image;
- and
- arranging the plurality of image files including the face number information according to their respective face number information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.