ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A FUNCTION OF SEARCHING IMAGES BASED ON FACIAL FEATURE AND METHOD

• US 20130156276A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WANG, WEN-WU, CHUANG, TSUNG-JEN, WONG, SHIH-FANG
• Granted Patent: US 8,634,602 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/40 Extraction of image or video features

Abstract

An electronic device with a function of searching images based on a facial feature is provided. The electronic device includes a capturing unit, a storage unit, an acquiring module, a searching module, and a folder establishing module. The capturing unit captures facial images. The storage unit stores a plurality of images. The acquiring module acquires facial features of the facial image captured by the capturing unit. The searching module searches for images that include the acquired facial feature from the plurality of images stored in the storage unit. The folder establishing module establishes a new folder and stores the searched images to the established new folder.

Claims

1. An electronic device with a function of searching images based on a facial feature comprising:

a capturing unit configured to capture facial images;

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of images;

an acquiring module configured to acquire a facial feature of the facial image captured by the capturing unit;

a searching module configured to search for images that include the acquired facial feature from the plurality of images stored in the storage unit; and

a folder establishing module configured to establish a new folder and store the searched images to the established new folder.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, further comprising:

a prompting module configured to prompt a user whether to encrypt the new folder; and

an encrypting module configured to take the acquired facial feature as an encryption key to encrypt the new folder when the user selects to encrypt the new folder.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 2, further comprising:

a validating module configured to prompt the user to input a facial image when the user wants to open the encrypted folder;

the acquiring module further configured to acquire the facial feature of the facial image in response an image input operation from the user;

the validating module further configured to validate whether the acquired facial feature is consistent with the encryption key for encrypting the folder; and

a decrypting module configured to decrypt the encrypted folder when the acquired facial feature is consistent with the encryption key.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 1, wherein the facial feature of the facial image is a facial shape, a facial size, a facial proportion, or a combination thereof.

5. A method for searching images based on a facial feature implemented by an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a capturing unit and a storage unit, the capturing unit is configured to capture facial images, the storage unit is configured to store a plurality of images, the method comprising:

acquiring a facial feature of the facial image captured by the capturing unit;

searching for images that include the acquired facial feature from the plurality of images stored in the storage unit;

establishing a new folder; and

storing the searched images to the established new folder.

6. The method as described in claim 5, further comprising:

prompting a user whether to encrypt the new folder; and

taking the acquired facial feature as an encryption key to encrypt the new folder when the user selects to encrypt the new folder.

7. The method as described in claim 6, further comprising:

prompting the user to input a facial image when the user wants to open the encrypted folder;

acquiring the facial feature of the facial image in response an image input operation from the user;

validating whether the acquired facial feature is consistent with the encryption key for encrypting the folder; and

decrypting the encrypted folder when the acquired facial feature is consistent with the encryption key for encrypting the folder.

8. The method as described in claim 5, wherein the facial feature of the facial image is a facial shape, a facial size, a facial proportion, or a combination thereof.