IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD COMBINED FACIAL RECOGNITION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA FUNCTION THEREOF

• US 20120098999A1
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Altek Corporation
• Original Assignee: Altek Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, YUN-JU
• Application Number:
  US12/956,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20120098999A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.5
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3871 the composed originals being of different kinds, e.g. low- and high-resolution originals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

The present invention discloses an image information display method combined with facial recognition and an electronic device with camera function thereof. A camera module is used for capturing a plurality of images. A recognition module recognizes the facial features of persons in the image. A touch screen displays the image and a linking icon in an area of the image. While detecting that the link icon is touched, a processing module generates a display command and sends it to the touch screen. Thus, the touch screen shows a flip process and then displays the image information. Therefore, it is more convenient for users to use an electronic device with camera function.

Claims

1. An electronic device with camera function, comprising:

a camera module capturing an image;

a recognition module recognizing at least one facial feature of at least one person in the image;

a touch screen displaying the image and a linking icon in an area of the image; and

a processing module being electrically connected to the camera module, the recognition module and the touch screen;

the processing module generating a display command to the touch screen while detecting that the linking icon is touched;

the touch screen showing a flip process and then displaying image information according to the display command.

2. The electronic device with camera function as recited in claim 1, wherein the image information further comprises one part of the image, a folder name, a shooting time information, a shooting location information or at least one personal information of the image.

3. The electronic device with camera function as recited in claim 1, wherein the image information further comprises an audio playback icon;

the processing module generates a play command to an audio playback module to play audio data while detecting that the audio playback icon is touched.

4. The electronic device with camera function as recited in claim 1, further comprising a contact database electrically connected to the processing module;

the processing module generating an add-in icon to at least one person icon on the touch screen while determining that the personal information is not saved in the contact database.

5. The electronic device with camera function as recited in claim 4, wherein while detecting that the add-in icon is touched, the processing module saves the at least one personal information in the contact database.

6. An image information display method combined with facial recognition, comprising the following steps:

capturing an image by a camera module;

recognizing at least one facial feature of at least one person in the image by a recognition module;

displaying the image and a linking icon in an area of the image by a touch screen;

generating a display command to the touch screen while a processing module detects that the linking icon is touched; and

showing a flip process and displaying image information on the touch screen according to the display command.

7. The image information display method combined with facial recognition as claimed in claim 6, wherein the image information further comprises one part of the image, a folder name, a shooting time information, a shooting location information or at least one personal information of the image.

8. The image information display method combined with facial recognition as claimed in claim 6, further comprising the following steps:

generating a play command to an audio playback module by the processing module while the processing module detects that an audio playback icon is touched; and

playing audio data by the audio playback module.

9. The image information display method combined with facial recognition as claimed in claim 6, further comprising the following steps:

generating an add-in icon to at least one person icon on the touch screen by the processing module while the processing module determines that the personal information is not saved in a contact database.

10. The image information display method combined with facial recognition as claimed in claim 9, further comprising the following steps:

saving the at least one personal information in the contact database by the processing module while the processing module detects that the add-in icon is touched.