Contact cropping from images
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1. A method, comprising:
- generating, by a mobile device, an image using a camera of the mobile device;
displaying, by the mobile device, the image on a display of the mobile device;
responsive to generating the image, automatically displaying, by the mobile device, a user prompt querying whether a contact image based on the image is to be generated;
receiving user input responsive to the query, the user input indicating that the contact image is to be generated;
in response to the user input, automatically;
identifying a portion of at least one person in the image using an automatic recognition process, anddefining the contact image based on cropping the image, the contact image including at least a portion of the portion of the at least one person; and
associating the contact image with a contact record stored in computer-readable memory of the mobile device, the associating being based on the portion of the at least one person.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for storing image data in a mobile device. In some embodiments, the method includes generating an image on the mobile device, identifying automatically at least one person in the image, creating a cropped image of the at least one person and storing the cropped image to memory upon request of a user of the mobile device.
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1. A method, comprising:
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generating, by a mobile device, an image using a camera of the mobile device; displaying, by the mobile device, the image on a display of the mobile device; responsive to generating the image, automatically displaying, by the mobile device, a user prompt querying whether a contact image based on the image is to be generated; receiving user input responsive to the query, the user input indicating that the contact image is to be generated; in response to the user input, automatically; identifying a portion of at least one person in the image using an automatic recognition process, and defining the contact image based on cropping the image, the contact image including at least a portion of the portion of the at least one person; and associating the contact image with a contact record stored in computer-readable memory of the mobile device, the associating being based on the portion of the at least one person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a camera for generating an image on the mobile device; one or more processors for; displaying the image on a display of the mobile device, responsive to generating of the image, automatically displaying a user prompt querying whether a contact image based on the image is to be generated, receiving user input responsive to the query, the user input indicating that the contact image is to be generated, in response to the user input, automatically; identifying a portion of at least one person in the image using an automatic recognition process, and defining the contact image based on cropping the image, the contact image including at least a portion of the portion of the at least one person, and associating the contact image with a contact record the associating being based on the portion of the at least one person; and a computer-readable memory for storing the contact image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile device, comprising:
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a means for generating an image on the mobile device; a processor that; displays the image on a display of the mobile device, responsive to generating the image, automatically displays a user prompt querying whether a contact image based on the image is to be generated, receives user input responsive to the query, the user input indicating that the contact image is to be generated, in response to the user input, automatically; identifies a portion of at least one person in the image using an automatic recognition process, defines the contact image based on cropping the image, the contact image including at least a portion of the portion of the at least one person, and associates the contact image with a contact record, the associating being based on the portion of the at least one person; and a memory to store the contact image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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