Providing subject information regarding upcoming images on a display
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1. A device comprising:
- electronic capture circuitry operable to;
capture information identifying a viewer; and
a control system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the electronic capture circuitry, the memory storing program codes operable to instruct the processor to;
obtain an image affinity for each image in a plurality of images based on a subject affinity for a plurality of other subjects, the image affinity defining an image affinity score between the viewer and each image in the plurality of images based on the other subjects appearing in the plurality of images, the subject affinity defining a subject affinity score between the viewer and a corresponding one of the plurality of other subjects, the other subjects corresponding to subjects other than the viewer;
select, by the device, based on the image affinity for each of the plurality of images a sequence of images from the plurality of images;
select, by the device, one or more images from the sequence of images that are to be presented subsequent to a current image to form one or more analysis window images; and
determine updated subject information from the one or more analysis window images, the updated subject information comprising subject representations of those subjects appearing in the one or more analysis window images; and
electronic video circuitry, coupled to the control system, operable to;
effect presentation of the current image from the sequence of images in a first area of a display, wherein only the current image from the sequence of images is presented during a presentation period; and
effect presentation of the updated subject information in a second area of the display.
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Abstract
Methods are described for presenting in an user interface information regarding the subject faces that will appear in upcoming images. In general, many of the images available to display will be comprised of images containing subject faces. Based on a subject affinity score between the viewer and the subjects, an image affinity is computed. Based on the image affinity scores, images are selected for presentation on the display. As images are displayed, the system analyzes one or more upcoming images to determine information to display. As each image is displayed, subject information comprising the subject'"'"'s face is presented in an area of the display adjacent to the current image.
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1. A device comprising:
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electronic capture circuitry operable to; capture information identifying a viewer; and a control system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the electronic capture circuitry, the memory storing program codes operable to instruct the processor to; obtain an image affinity for each image in a plurality of images based on a subject affinity for a plurality of other subjects, the image affinity defining an image affinity score between the viewer and each image in the plurality of images based on the other subjects appearing in the plurality of images, the subject affinity defining a subject affinity score between the viewer and a corresponding one of the plurality of other subjects, the other subjects corresponding to subjects other than the viewer; select, by the device, based on the image affinity for each of the plurality of images a sequence of images from the plurality of images; select, by the device, one or more images from the sequence of images that are to be presented subsequent to a current image to form one or more analysis window images; and determine updated subject information from the one or more analysis window images, the updated subject information comprising subject representations of those subjects appearing in the one or more analysis window images; and electronic video circuitry, coupled to the control system, operable to; effect presentation of the current image from the sequence of images in a first area of a display, wherein only the current image from the sequence of images is presented during a presentation period; and effect presentation of the updated subject information in a second area of the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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electronic capture circuitry operable to; capture information identifying a viewer; and a control system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the electronic capture circuitry, the memory storing program codes operable to instruct the processor to; select, by the device, a sequence of images based on the viewer; select, by the device, one or more images from the sequence of images that are to be presented subsequent to a current image to form one or more analysis window images; determine updated subject information from the one or more analysis window images, the updated subject information comprising; subject representations of those subjects appearing in the one or more analysis window images, and subject occurrence counts, each subject occurrence count defining a number of times a subject corresponding to a subject representation appears in the one or more analysis window images; and sort the subject representations by their corresponding subject occurrence counts; and electronic video circuitry, coupled to the control system, operable to; effect presentation of the current image from the sequence of images in a first area of a display, wherein only the current image from the sequence of images is presented during a presentation period; and effect presentation of the updated subject information in a second area of the display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A device comprising:
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electronic capture circuitry operable to; capture information identifying a viewer; and a control system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the electronic capture circuitry, the memory storing program codes operable to instruct the processor to; select, by the device, a sequence of images based on the viewer; select, by the device, one or more images from the sequence of images that are to be presented subsequent to a current image to form one or more analysis window images; determine updated subject information from the one or more analysis window images, the updated subject information comprising; subject representations of those subjects appearing in the one or more analysis window images, and image countdown counts, each image countdown count defining a number of images to be presented before a subject corresponding to a subject representation appears in the current image; and sort the subject representations by their corresponding image countdown counts; and electronic video circuitry, coupled to the control system, operable to; effect presentation of the current image from the sequence of images in a first area of a display, wherein only the current image from the sequence of images is presented during a presentation period; and effect presentation of the updated subject information in a second area of the display. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A device comprising:
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electronic capture circuitry operable to; capture information identifying a viewer; and a control system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the electronic capture circuitry, the memory storing program codes operable to instruct the processor to; select, by the device, a sequence of images based on the viewer; select, by the device, one or more images from the sequence of images that are to be presented subsequent to a current image to form one or more analysis window images; determine updated subject information from the one or more analysis window images, the updated subject information comprising; subject representations of those subjects appearing in the one or more analysis window images, and time countdown counts, each time countdown count defining a time duration before a subject corresponding to a subject representation appears in the current image; and sort the subject representations by their corresponding time countdown counts; and electronic video circuitry, coupled to the control system, operable to; effect presentation of the current image from the sequence of images in a first area of a display, wherein only the current image from the sequence of images is presented during a presentation period; and effect presentation of the updated subject information in a second area of the display. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A device comprising:
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electronic capture circuitry operable to; capture information identifying a viewer; and a control system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the electronic capture circuitry, the memory storing program codes operable to instruct the processor to; select, by the device, a sequence of images based on the viewer; select, by the device, one or more images from the sequence of images that are to be presented subsequent to a current image to form one or more analysis window images; determine updated subject information from the one or more analysis window images, the updated subject information comprising; subject representations of those subjects appearing in the one or more analysis window images, and determine subject prominence scores, each subject prominence score determined as a function of a face size ratio value and a zone value for a subject corresponding to a subject representation in the one or more analysis window images, wherein the subject prominence scores are determined based on one or more analysis window images; and sort the subject representations by their corresponding subject prominence scores; and electronic video circuitry, coupled to the control system, operable to; effect presentation of the current image from the sequence of images in a first area of a display, wherein only the current image from the sequence of images is presented during a presentation period; and effect presentation of the updated subject information in a second area of the display. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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