Generating a group photo collection

• US 10,318,840 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2017
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Yeskel, Zachary, Chen, Tina, Harshawat, Kavi, Steiner, Matthew, Ho, Denise, Asver, AJ
• Primary Examiner(s): Katsikis, Kostas J
• Application Number:
  US15/583,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20170331865A1
• Time in Patent Office: 771 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Implementations generally relate to generating a group photo collection. In some implementations, a method includes determining a plurality of users in a specified group of users of a social network system. The method also includes receiving photos associated with the users. The method also includes providing an interface enabling the plurality of users to collaborate in creating a group photo collection, where the group photo collection includes the plurality of photos. The method also includes providing one or more recommendations to create a photo album based on one or more themes, where the one or more themes are based on patterns of objects recognized in the plurality of photos.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving respective photos from a user device of each of a plurality of users;

providing a shared interface to each of the user devices to create a collaborative photo collection of a plurality of photos of the respective photos, wherein at least specific photos of the plurality of photos are associated with an event;

analyzing visual content of the respective photos using one or more visual content recognition algorithms or matching algorithms to detect a pattern of at least one of a color, at least one object, or at least one word in the respective photos;

determining one or more event themes of two or more of the specific photos of the plurality of photos based on the pattern of the at least one of the color, at least one object, or at least one word, determined to be in the specific photos, wherein the one or more event themes indicate a context for the visual content of the respective photos including one or more activities associated with the event;

determining an event category based, at least in part, on a time span of the two or more specific photos that are associated with the one or more event themes;

recommending to each of the plurality of users, to cluster, based on the event category, the two or more specific photos of the plurality of photos that are associated with the one or more event themes, into one or more photo clusters;

receiving at least one user input through the shared interface; and

generating the collaborative photo collection that includes the one or more photo clusters, according to the at least one user input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared interface enables the plurality of users to label and modify the collaborative photo collection.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising ordering the specific photos in the one or more photo clusters in the collaborative photo collection, based, at least in part, on the one or more event themes.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising grouping the photo clusters according to the event.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the event is determined based on a respective capture time of the specific photos in the photo clusters.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the color includes at least one dominant color determined to be in the specific photos.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling each user of the plurality of users to add other users to the plurality of users.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving respective photos from a user device of each of a plurality of users;

providing a shared interface to each of the user devices to create a collaborative photo collection of a plurality of photos of the respective photos, wherein the shared interface enables the plurality of users to perform at least one of edit at least one photo of the plurality of photos, delete at least one photo of the plurality of photos, or provide captions for at least one photo of the plurality of photos, wherein at least specific photos of the plurality of photos are associated with an event;

analyzing visual content of the respective photos using one or more visual content recognition algorithms or matching algorithms to detect a pattern of at least one of a color, at least one object, or at least one word in the respective photos;

determining one or more event themes of two or more of the specific photos of the plurality of photos based on the pattern of the at least one of the color, at least one object, or at least one word, determined to be in the specific photos, wherein the one or more event themes indicate a context for the visual content of the respective photos including one or more activities associated with the event;

determining an event category based, at least in part, on a time span of the two or more specific photos that are associated with the one or more event themes;

recommending to each of the plurality of users, to cluster, based on the event category, the two or more specific photos of the plurality of photos that are associated with the one or more event themes, into one or more photo clusters by providing user input with the shared interface;

receiving at least one user input; and

generating the collaborative photo collection that includes the one or more photo clusters, according to the at least one user input.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the shared interface further enables the plurality of users to label and modify the collaborative photo collection.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise ordering the specific photos in the one or more photo clusters in the collaborative photo collection, based, at least in part, on the one or more event themes.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise grouping the photo clusters according to the event.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the event is determined based on a respective capture time of the specific photos in the photo clusters.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the color includes at least one dominant color determined to be in the specific photos.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise enabling each user of the plurality of users to add other users to the plurality of users.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of operations comprising;

receiving respective photos from a user device of each of a plurality of users;

providing a shared interface to each of the user devices to create a collaborative photo collection of a plurality of photos of the respective photos, wherein at least specific photos of the plurality of photos are associated with an event;

analyzing visual content of the respective photos using one or more visual content recognition algorithms or matching algorithms to detect a pattern of at least one of a color, at least one object, or at least one word in the respective photos;

determining one or more event themes of two or more of the specific photos of the plurality of photos based on the pattern of the at least one of color, at least one object, or at least one word, determined to be in the specific photos, wherein the one or more event themes indicate a context for the visual content of the respective photos including one or more activities associated with at least one respective event;

determining an event category based, at least in part, on a time span of the two or more specific photos that are associated with the one or more event themes;

recommending to each of the plurality of users, to cluster, based on the event category, the two or more specific photos of the plurality of photos that are associated with the one or more event themes, into one or more photo clusters by providing user input with the shared interface;

receiving at least one user input; and

generating the collaborative photo collection that includes the one or more photo clusters, according to the at least one user input.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise enabling each user of the plurality of users to add other users to the plurality of users.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise ordering the specific photos in the one or more photo clusters in the collaborative photo collection, based, at least in part, on the one or more event themes.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise grouping the photo clusters according to the event.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the event is determined based on a respective capture time of the specific photos in the photo clusters.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the color includes at least one dominant color determined to be in the specific photos.