Method and apparatus for establishing connection between electronic devices
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsKang Kim, Min-Kyu Park, Yongwoo Cho, Kyu Woong Hwang, Duck-Hoon Kim
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Abstract
A method, performed in an electronic device, for connecting to a target device is disclosed. The method includes capturing an image including a face of a target person associated with the target device and recognizing an indication of the target person. The indication of the target person may be a pointing object, a speech command, and/or any suitable input command. The face of the target person in the image is detected based on the indication and at least one facial feature of the face in the image is extracted. Based on the at least one facial feature, the electronic device is connected to the target device.
Claims28
A method, performed in an electronic device, for connecting to a target device, comprising:
- capturing an image including a pointing object and a face of a target person associated with the target device;
- recognizing an indication of the target person, wherein the indication corresponds to at least the pointing object in the captured image;
- detecting the face of the target person in the image based on the indication;
- extracting at least one facial feature of the face in the image;
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- connecting to the target device based on the at least one facial feature.
An electronic device for connecting to a target device, comprising:
- an image sensor configured to capture an image including a pointing object and a face of a target person associated with the target device;
- a target identifying unit configured to extract at least one facial feature of the face in the image by recognizing an indication of the target person and detecting the face of the target person in the image based on the indication, wherein the target identifying unit comprises an object determining unit configured to detect the pointing object in the captured image as the indication of the target person;
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- a connection controller configured to establish a connection to the target device based on the at least one facial feature.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for connecting to a target device, the instructions causing a processor of an electronic device to perform the operations of:
- capturing an image including a pointing object and a face of a target person associated with the target device;
- recognizing an indication of the target person, wherein the indication corresponds to at least the pointing object in the captured image;
- detecting the face of the target person in the image based on the indication;
- extracting at least one facial feature of the face in the image;
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- connecting to the target device based on the at least one facial feature.
An electronic device for connecting to a target device, comprising:
- means for capturing an image including a pointing object and a face of a target person associated with the target device;
- means for extracting at least one facial feature of the face in the image by recognizing an indication of the target person and detecting the face of the target person in the image based on the indication, wherein the means for extracting the at least one facial feature of the face comprises means for detecting the pointing object in the image as the indication of the target person;
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- means for establishing a connection to the target device based on the at least one facial feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.