Image sharing system and method
First Claim
1. A digital camera, comprising:
- a body;
an image sensor in the body;
a communications interface in the body, the communications interface configured to establish a communication link with another digital camera;
an image processor configured to receive, from the communications interface, a first data set of parameters associated with a face highlighted in a first facial area in a first image and to provide an image to the communications interface;
wherein the first data set of parameters is generated by a predetermined facial recognition process; and
executable program code embodied in a computer readable medium and configured to cause the image processor to;
receive the first data set of parameters associated with the first facial area from the other digital camera via the communications interface;
scan one or more subsequent images stored in memory accessible by the image processor;
identify facial areas in the subsequent images and, using the predetermined facial recognition process, process image data associated with identified facial areas in the subsequent images to determine subsequent data sets of parameters associated with identified facial areas;
compare the first and subsequent data sets to determine whether the one or more subsequent images includes a same face as the face highlighted in the first image;
accumulate a set of the subsequent images that include the same face as the face highlighted in the first image; and
provide images from the set of the subsequent images that include the same face to the communications interface for transmission to the other digital camera.
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Abstract
An image capture device, includes a body; an image sensor in the body; a lens configured to focus a scene onto the image sensor; a communications interface in the body; an image processor coupled to receive an image from or to send an image to the communications interface; executable program code embodied in a computer readable medium and configured to cause the image processor to: process image data associated with a first facial area in a first image to determine a first data set of parameters associated with the first facial area; scan one or more subsequent images stored in memory accessible by the image processor; identify facial areas in the subsequent images and process image data associated with identified facial areas in the subsequent images to determine subsequent data sets of parameters associated with identified facial areas; and compare the first and subsequent data sets to determine whether the one or more subsequent images includes a same face as the face highlighted in the first image.
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20 Claims
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
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a body; an image sensor in the body; a communications interface in the body, the communications interface configured to establish a communication link with another digital camera; an image processor configured to receive, from the communications interface, a first data set of parameters associated with a face highlighted in a first facial area in a first image and to provide an image to the communications interface; wherein the first data set of parameters is generated by a predetermined facial recognition process; and executable program code embodied in a computer readable medium and configured to cause the image processor to; receive the first data set of parameters associated with the first facial area from the other digital camera via the communications interface; scan one or more subsequent images stored in memory accessible by the image processor; identify facial areas in the subsequent images and, using the predetermined facial recognition process, process image data associated with identified facial areas in the subsequent images to determine subsequent data sets of parameters associated with identified facial areas; compare the first and subsequent data sets to determine whether the one or more subsequent images includes a same face as the face highlighted in the first image; accumulate a set of the subsequent images that include the same face as the face highlighted in the first image; and provide images from the set of the subsequent images that include the same face to the communications interface for transmission to the other digital camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
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6. The digital camera 1, wherein the first facial area is selected by a user.
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9. A digital camera, comprising:
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a body; an image sensor in the body; a communications interface in the body, the communications interface configured to establish a communication link with another digital camera; an image processor configured to generate a first data set of data parameters associated with a face highlighted in a first facial area in a first image and to provide the first data set of data parameters to the other digital camera; wherein the first data set of parameters is generated by a predetermined facial recognition process; and executable program code embodied in a computer readable medium and configured to cause the image processor to; receive a second image from the other digital camera; wherein the second image is selected by the other digital camera by performing the predetermined facial recognition process on the second image and comparing a resultant data set to the first data set of data parameters provided to the other digital camera. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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10. The digital camera 9, wherein the digital camera is configured to store the first data in memory for future image transfer operations.
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13. A method performed by a digital camera, comprising:
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receiving a first data set of parameters from another digital camera, wherein the first data set of parameters is generated by a predetermined facial recognition process and associated with a face highlighted in a first facial area in a first image; scanning one or more subsequent images stored in memory in the digital camera; identifying facial areas in the subsequent images and, using the predetermined facial recognition process, processing image data associated with identified facial areas in the subsequent images to determine subsequent data sets of parameters associated with identified facial areas; comparing the first and subsequent data sets to determine whether the one or more subsequent images includes a same face as the face highlighted in the first image; accumulating a set of the subsequent images that include the same face as the face highlighted in the first image; and providing images from the set of the subsequent images that include the same face for transmission to the other digital camera. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method performed by a digital camera, comprising:
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generating a first data set of data parameters associated with a face highlighted in a first facial area in a first image; providing the first data set of data parameters to another digital camera; wherein the first data set of parameters is generated by a predetermined facial recognition process; and receiving a second image from the other digital camera; wherein the second image is selected by the other digital camera by performing the predetermined facial recognition process on the second image and comparing a resultant data set to the first data set of data parameters provided to the other digital camera. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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