METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ADJUSTING POSE AT THE TIME OF TAKING PHOTOS OF HIMSELF OR HERSELF

• US 20100266206A1
• Filed: 11/03/2008
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olaworks, Inc. (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Jo, Hyungeun, Ryu, Jung-hee
• Application Number:
  US12/741,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20100266206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/190
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/167 using comparisons between temporally consecutive images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body

Abstract

A method for helping a user to create digital data by informing if at least one face is fully included in a frame which is a predetermined area in a screen of a digital apparatus, includes the steps of: detecting the face and tracking the detected face during a preview state in which the face is displayed on the screen of the digital apparatus; testing whether the whole area of the detected face is placed in the frame of the screen or not; and providing feedback to the user that at least part of the whole area of the detected face is not placed in the frame of the screen until the whole area of the face is encompassed in the frame. It may help the user to take the photographs of himself or herself easily at the pose the user wants to take.

Claims

1. A method for determining the presence of a face from image data within a frame in taking a picture, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a human face of a person included in an image by using a face detection technology that identifies an image likely to contain a human face, the image being collected with a digital apparatus;

tracking the detected face by using a face tracking technology during a preview state in which the face is displayed on a screen of the digital apparatus;

continually determining if the entire image area of the detected face remains within a frame of the screen; and

providing feedback to the user of the determination to inform the user that at least a portion of the entire image area of the detected face does not remain within the frame of the screen until the entire image area of the face is encompassed within the frame.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein tracking is performed by using the digital apparatus until digital data is created.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital data is a still image or a moving picture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of continually determining includes the step of testing whether the entire image area of the tracked face is encompassed in the frame or not.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of providing feedback to the user includes the step of creating digital data automatically if the entire image area of the tracked face is encompassed in the frame.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of providing feedback to the user includes the step of providing feedback to the user that at least a portion of the entire image area of the tracked face does not remain within the frame of the screen until the entire image area of the face is encompassed within the frame.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback is provided via at least one of means selected from the group consisting of sound, a light-emitting diode (LED), or a screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the person includes the user.

9. A method for assisting a user to take a digital picture of at least one human face with a user-desired angle or position, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) selecting a user-desired template among at least one template which includes information on angles or locations of human faces within a frame of a screen of a digital apparatus;

(b) detecting a human face of a person included in an image by using a face detection technology during a preview state in which the face is displayed on the screen of the digital apparatus, the image being collected with the digital apparatus;

(c) continually determining if an angle or location of the detected face matches with the angle or location of a face included in the selected template; and

(d) providing feedback to the user of the determination to inform the user that the angle or location of the detected face does not match with the angle or location of the selected template until the angle or location of the detected face matches with the angle or location of the selected template.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step (b) includes the step of tracking the detected face by using a face tracking technology during the preview state.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein tracking is performed by using the digital apparatus until digital data is created.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the digital data is a still image or a moving picture.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the step (c) includes the step of testing whether the angle or location of the tracked face is identical to the angle or location included in the selected template.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step (d) includes the step of creating digital data automatically when the angle or location of the tracked face is identical to the angle or location included in the selected template.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step (d) includes the step of providing the feedback to the user that the angle or location of the tracked face is not identical to the angle or location included in the selected template until they become identical with each other.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the angle includes information on the case in which an angle is adjusted by adjusting the plane where each part of the face is located three-dimensionally (out-of-plane) and information on the case in which an angle is adjusted two-dimensionally on the plane where each part of the face is located (in-plane).

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the feedback is provided via at least one selected from the group consisting of sound, a light-emitting diode (LED), or a screen.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein the person includes the user.

19. The method of claim 9, wherein the template is provided through the screen of the digital apparatus.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the information on the angle or location included in the template is obtained by grasping the location and size of each part of the face in the template.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein each part of the face includes at least one of eyes, nose or mouth.

22. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts including:

detecting a human face included in an image by using a face detection technology that identifies an image likely to contain a human face, the image being collected with a digital apparatus;

tracking the detected face by using a face tracking technology during a preview state in which the face is displayed on a screen of the digital apparatus;

continually determining if the entire image area of the detected face remains within a frame of the screen; and

providing feedback to the user of the determination to inform the user that at least a portion of the entire image area of the detected face does not remain within the frame of the screen until the entire image area of the face is encompassed within the frame.