Photo sharing method and device

• US 10,313,288 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Tao, Long, Fei, Chen, Zhijun
• Primary Examiner(s): Won, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/207,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20170034097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A photo sharing method includes: receiving, from a user, a party photo sharing instruction regarding a to-be-shared party photo set, where the to-be-shared party photo set has party marker information and includes at least one party photo; acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set, and determining a face image set contained in the to-be-shared party photo set according to the face recognition result; determining, from each contact photo contained in a contact list, each target contact photo which matches with each face image in the face image set respectively; and sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo.

Claims

1. A photo sharing method performed by a terminal device, comprising:

receiving, from a user, a party photo sharing instruction regarding a to-be-shared party photo set, wherein the to-be-shared party photo set has party marker information and comprises at least one party photo;

acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set, and determining a face image set contained in the to-be-shared party photo set according to the face recognition result;

determining, from each contact photo contained in a contact list, each target contact photo which matches with each face image in the face image set respectively; and

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo;

wherein acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set comprises;

detecting face images contained in all party photos of the to-be-shared party photo set; and

clustering together face images having similarity greater than a threshold to acquire at least one clustering result, wherein face images of each clustering result correspond to a same person and each clustering result is represented by one selected face image; and

wherein the face image set comprises the represented face images of all clustering results, and

wherein the method further comprises;

determining an occurrence number of each face image in the face image set according to the face recognition result;

determining whether the occurrence number of a face image in the face image set is less than a preset number; and

deleting, from the face image set, the face image if the occurrence number of the face image is less than the preset number;

wherein before sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, the method further comprises;

determining a party photo subset corresponding to each face image in the face image set according to the face recognition result; and

determining a party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo according to the each target contact photo which matches with the each face image respectively;

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises;

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo;

wherein each contact corresponds to at least two pieces of the contact information, and each piece of contact information is associated with a different communication mode;

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises;

determining, from the at least two pieces of contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo according to a preset communication mode priority order, the piece of contact information associated with the communication mode having a top priority corresponding to the each target contact photo; and

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact by means of the communication mode having the top priority according to the determined piece of contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, the method further comprises:

receiving a selection instruction inputted by the user, wherein the selection instruction comprises each selected target contact selected by the user from the each target contact;

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises;

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to the each selected target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each selected target contact.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises:

acquiring, from the contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, first target contact information associated with a first preset communication mode; and

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact by means of the first preset communication mode according to the first target contact information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein after the acquiring, from the contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, a first target contact information corresponding to a preset communication mode, the method further comprises:

for a specific target contact photo without the first target contact information, determining, from contact information corresponding to the specific target contact photo, second target contact information associated with a second preset communication mode, and sending a party photo subset corresponding to the specific target contact photo to a specific target contact by means of the second preset communication mode according to the second target contact information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set comprises:

conducting, by means of face recognition technology, the face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set to acquire the face recognition result.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set comprises:

sending a processing request comprising the party marker information and a user account to a cloud server, wherein the cloud server is configured to;

acquire, from a cloud album corresponding to the user account, the to-be-shared party photo set corresponding to the party marker information, and

conduct the face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set by means of face recognition technology to acquire the face recognition result; and

receiving the face recognition result sent by the cloud server.

7. A photo sharing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor;

wherein, the processor is configured to perform;

receiving, from a user, a party photo sharing instruction regarding a to-be-shared party photo set, wherein the to-be-shared party photo set has party marker information and comprises at least one party photo;

acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set, and determining a face image set contained in the to-be-shared party photo set according to the face recognition result;

determining, from each contact photo contained in a contact list, each target contact photo which matches with each face image in the face image set respectively; and

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo;

wherein acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set comprises;

detecting face images contained in all party photos of the to-be-shared party photo set; and

clustering together face images having similarity greater than a threshold to acquire at least one clustering result, wherein face images of each clustering result correspond to a same person and each clustering result is represented by one selected face image; and

wherein the face image set comprises the represented face images of all clustering results, and

wherein the processor is further configured to perform;

determining an occurrence number of each face image in the face image set according to the face recognition result;

determining whether the occurrence number of a face image in the face image set is less than a preset number; and

deleting, from the face image set, the face image if the occurrence number of the face image is less than the preset number;

wherein before sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, the processor is further configured to perform;

determining a party photo subset corresponding to each face image in the face image set according to the face recognition result; and

determining a party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo according to the each target contact photo which matches with the each face image respectively;

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises;

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo;

wherein each contact corresponds to at least two pieces of the contact information, and each piece of contact information is associated with a different communication mode;

in the sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, the processor is configured to perform;

determining, from the at least two pieces of contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo according to a preset communication mode priority order, the piece of contact information associated with the communication mode having a top priority corresponding to the each target contact photo; and

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact by means of the communication mode having the top priority according to the determined piece of contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein before sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, the processor is further configured to perform:

receiving a selection instruction inputted by the user, wherein the selection instruction comprises each selected target contact selected by the user among the each target contact;

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises;

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to the each selected target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each selected target contact.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein in the sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, the processor is configured to perform:

acquiring, from the contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, a first piece of target contact information associated with a first preset communication mode; and

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact by means of the first preset communication mode according to the first target contact information.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein after the acquiring, from the contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, first target contact information corresponding to a preset communication mode, the processor is further configured to perform:

for a specific target contact photo without the first target contact information, determining, from contact information corresponding to the specific target contact photo, second target contact information associated with a second preset communication mode, and sending a party photo subset corresponding to the specific target contact photo to a specific target contact by means of the second preset communication mode according to the second target contact information.

11. The device of claim 7, wherein in the acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set, the processor is configured to perform:

conducting, by means of face recognition technology, the face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set to acquire the face recognition result.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein in the acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set, the processor is configured to perform:

sending a processing request comprising the party marker information and a user account to a cloud server, wherein the cloud server is configured to;

acquire, from a cloud album corresponding to the user account, the to-be-shared party photo set corresponding to the party marker information, and

conduct the face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set by means of face recognition technology to acquire the face recognition result; and

receiving the face recognition result sent by the cloud server.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a terminal device, causes the terminal device to perform a method for sharing photos, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user, a party photo sharing instruction regarding a to-be-shared party photo set, wherein the to-be-shared party photo set has party marker information and comprises at least one party photo;

acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set, and determining a face image set contained in the to-be-shared party photo set according to the face recognition result;

determining, from each contact photo contained in a contact list, each target contact photo which matches with each face image in the face image set respectively; and

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo;

wherein acquiring a face recognition result by conducting face recognition on each party photo contained in the to-be-shared party photo set comprises;

detecting face images contained in all party photos of the to-be-shared party photo set; and

clustering together face images having similarity greater than a threshold to acquire at least one clustering result, wherein face images of each clustering result correspond to a same person and each clustering result is represented by one selected face image; and

wherein the face image set comprises the represented face images of all clustering results, and

wherein the method further comprises;

determining an occurrence number of each face image in the face image set according to the face recognition result;

determining whether the occurrence number of a face image in the face image set is less than a preset number; and

deleting, from the face image set, the face image if the occurrence number of the face image is less than the preset number;

wherein before sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo, the method further comprises;

determining a party photo subset corresponding to each face image in the face image set according to the face recognition result; and

determining a party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo according to the each target contact photo which matches with the each face image respectively;

sending the to-be-shared party photo set to each target contact respectively according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises;

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo;

wherein each contact corresponds to at least two pieces of the contact information, and each piece of contact information is associated with a different communication mode;

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact according to contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo comprises;

determining, from the at least two pieces of contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo according to a preset communication mode priority order, the piece of contact information associated with the communication mode having a top priority corresponding to the each target contact photo; and

sending the party photo subset respectively corresponding to the each target contact photo to the each target contact by means of the communication mode having the top priority according to the determined piece of contact information corresponding to the each target contact photo.