METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGE CONTENT

• US 20090316961A1
• Filed: 06/21/2008
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: DiCola, Anthony, Gomez Suarez, Federico
• Application Number:
  US12/143,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20090316961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/987 with the intervention of an operator
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation

Abstract

A computer based method for facilitating tagging of an input image is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input image which has a content including at least a facial image or a plurality of facial images. From this input image, facial recognition techniques are used to identify where in the image the faces are located. When a facial image is detected, the facial image may be displayed to the user as an individual facial image which substantially consists of a face. This display helps facilitate tagging of the individual facial image and also tagging of the input image. A user may input a tag for the individual facial image and the input image. Also, a user may be presented with contact information which is likely to include a name of a person which can be selected as a tag for the individual facial image and/or also the input image.

Claims

1. A computer based method for facilitating tagging of content of an input image, the method comprising:

receiving an input image having a first content including at least a facial image;

producing an individual facial image having a second content substantially comprising an individual face of the individual facial image; and

displaying the individual facial image or the individual face.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the input image along with the individual facial image in an image window; and

providing zooming capabilities on the individual facial image and a location substantially encompassing the facial image in the input image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying contact information configured to be associated with the individual facial image as a tag option in a pop-up window, the pop-up window configured to show a next contact information when a pointer is located at an end of a list of the contact information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying contact information configured to likely be associated with the individual facial image as a tag option in a pop-up window, the pop-up window configured to scroll through contact information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving tag data from a pop-up window selection, the tag data configured to be associated with the individual facial image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first content of the input image has a plurality of facial images.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying coordinate information of a border of the facial image; and

producing an individual facial image according to the coordinate information, from the input image.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a tag from a list of contact information with the individual facial image.

9. The method if claim 1, further comprising:

indicating a location in the input image, where the individual facial image is located.

10. A computer program product that includes a computer medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute a process for facilitating tagging content of an input image, the process comprising:

receiving an input image having a first content including at least a facial image;

producing an individual facial image having a second content substantially comprising an individual face of the individual facial image; and

displaying the individual facial image or the individual face.

11. The process of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying the input image along with the individual facial image.

12. The process of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying contact information configured to be associated with the individual facial image as a tag option.

13. The process of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying contact information configured to likely be associated with the individual facial image as a tag option.

14. The process of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving tag data configured to be associated with the individual facial image.

15. The process of claim 10, wherein the first content of the input image has a plurality of facial images.

16. The process of claim 10, further comprising:

identifying coordinate information of the facial image; and

producing an individual facial image according to the coordinate information, from the input image.

17. The process of claim 10, further comprising:

associating a tag with the individual facial image.

18. The process if claim 10, further comprising:

associating a tag based on the individual facial image, and

associating the tag with the input image.

19. A user interface module comprising:

an input image receiving module configured to receive an input image having a first content including a plurality of facial images;

a facial image production module configured to produce an individual facial image having a second content substantially comprising an individual face of the individual facial image;

a facial display module configured to display the individual facial image, wherein the facial display module is further configured to display the input image along with the individual facial image;

a contact display module configured to display contact information configured to be likely associated with the individual facial image as a tag option;

a tag data receiving module configured to receive an input tag data configured to be associated with the individual facial image; and

a tag association module configured to associate the input tag with the individual facial image, and configured to associate the input tag with the input image.

20. The user interface module of claim 19, further comprising:

a location indication module configured to indicate where in the input image the individual facial image is located.