System and method for visually distinguishing faces in a digital image
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorHenrik Sundström
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Abstract
A face is detected and identified in a digital image. A weight is calculated and assigned to the detected face based on characteristics of the face and social media connections between the person identified from the face and a target viewer of the digital image. One or more image effects are applied to the digital image to visually distinguish the detected face from other parts of the digital image and/or in relation to other faces detected in the image.
Claims19
A method for applying image effects to a digital image in an electronic device that includes a processor configured to execute logical instructions, the method comprising:
- detecting, with the processor, a face in the digital image;
- recognizing, with the processor, the identity of a person having the detected face;
- calculating, with the processor, a weight for the detected face, wherein the weight is calculated by analyzing a characteristic of the detected face and by analyzing a social media relationship between the identified person and a target viewer of the digital image;
- assigning, with the processor, the weight to the detected face;
- and
- applying an image effect to the digital image based on the weight assigned to the detected face to visually distinguish the detected face from other parts of the digital image.
An electronic device comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a control circuit configured to:
- access a digital image stored the a memory;
- detect a face in the digital image;
- recognize the identity of a person having the detected face;
- calculate a weight for the detected face, wherein the weight is calculated by analyzing a characteristic of the detected face and by analyzing a social media relationship between the identified person and a target viewer of the digital image;
- assign the weight to the detected face;
- and
- apply at least one image effect to the digital image based on the weight assigned to the detected face to visually distinguish the detected face from other parts of the digital image.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program that, when executed is configured to:
- access a digital image stored in a memory;
- detect a face in the digital image;
- recognize the identity of a person having the detected face;
- calculate a weight for the detected face, wherein the weight is calculated by analyzing a characteristic of the detected face and by analyzing a social media relationship between the identified person and a target viewer of the digital image;
- assign the weight to the detected face;
- and
- apply at least one image effect to the digital image based on the weight assigned to the detected face to visually distinguish the detected face from other parts of the digital image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.