Systems and Methods for Customizing Photo Presentations

• US 20110231766A1
• Filed: 03/17/2010
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cyberlink Corporation
• Inventors: Yeh, Shih-Hsien, Chao, Chen-Yu
• Granted Patent: US 8,856,656 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/387 Composing, repositioning or otherwise geometrically modifying originals

Abstract

Various systems and methods are described for customizing photo presentations. One particular method comprises receiving by the media display system, a plurality of photos depicting individuals and displaying one or more controls for specifying an action to one or more selected individuals. The method further comprises receiving a selection of one or more individuals, generating an action list according to the selection, and customizing the photo presentation comprising photos from among the received plurality of photos according to the action list and according to the analyzed facial regions.

Claims

1. A media display system for customizing a photo presentation comprising a plurality of images of individuals, comprising:

a media manager configured to receive the plurality of images;

a media editor configured to analyze the plurality of images, wherein the media editor comprises;

a user interface generator for displaying on an image; and

one or more controls for specifying an action and for selecting one or more individuals in the image;

wherein the media editor is configured to generate an action list according to the specified action and the selection of one or more individuals, wherein the media manager is further configured to customize the photo presentation according to the action list.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the media editor further comprises a user preference module for analyzing facial regions in the plurality of images.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the media manager customizes the photo presentation according to the action list by sorting the plurality of images based on one or more of:

picture quality, sharpness, whether individuals in the images are smiling, time information, confidence levels relating to facial matches, and geotagging.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the specified action comprises one of:

including images comprising at least one of the one or more specified individuals in the photo presentation; and

excluding images comprising at least one of the one or more specified individuals from the photo presentation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the specified action comprises applying special effects to images comprising the one or more specified individuals.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein applying special effects comprises applying special effects in or around facial regions of the one or more specified individuals.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the special effects comprise one or more of:

zooming in and out of the facial regions of the one or more specified individuals, movement around the selected facial regions, color modification, distortion, intensity modification, background removal, background cropping, and the addition of images, video, audio, and/or text.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein customization of the photo presentation by the media manager is performed in a photo following the image displayed by the user interface generator.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more controls for specifying an action comprises one of:

selectable graphics buttons, wherein each graphic button corresponds to an action;

context menus with selectable actions; and

pre-defined patterns drawn on a display of the media display system, wherein each pre-defined pattern corresponds to an action.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the media editor further comprises a post-processing module configured to crop photos including one or more individuals to be selected in order to exclude images of one or more specified individuals from the plurality of images.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the post-processing module is further configured to zoom in and out of the facial regions.

12. A computer-readable medium storing a program for execution on a processor, the program comprising computer executable instructions configured to perform the steps of:

receiving a plurality of slides depicting individuals for a slideshow;

generating a user interface comprising controls displayed on a current slide;

receiving a selection of one or more individuals and an action via the controls;

generating an action list according to the selection and the specified action;

based on the analyzed facial regions, performing the specified action to the plurality of slides to obtain a subset of slides; and

beginning with the next slide, resuming the slideshow based on the subset of slides.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising analyzing facial regions of the individuals in the plurality of the slides.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the controls comprises at least one of:

selectable graphics buttons corresponding to multiple actions; and

context menus specifying multiple actions.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the specified action comprises one of:

including one or more specified individuals in the slideshow; and

excluding the one or more specified individuals from the slideshow.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the specified action comprises applying special effects to facial regions around the selected individuals.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the executable instructions are further configured to perform the step of:

cropping slides to exclude one or more specified individuals from the plurality of slides.

18. A method performed in a media display system for customizing a photo presentation, comprising:

receiving by the media display system, a plurality of photos depicting individuals;

displaying one or more controls for specifying an action to one or more selected individuals;

receiving a selection of one or more individuals;

generating an action list according to the selection; and

customizing the photo presentation comprising photos from among the received plurality of photos according to the action list and according to the analyzed facial regions.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein receiving a selection of one or more individuals comprises:

generating a user interface with one or more selection controls;

receiving one or more selections of individuals; and

receiving through the one or more action controls an action to be applied in generating the photo presentation.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more controls comprises one of:

selectable graphics buttons, wherein each graphic button is used to specify an action;

context menus for specifying an action; and

pre-defined patterns drawn over one or more individuals, wherein each pre-defined pattern corresponds to an action.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein customizing the photo presentation comprises performing the specified action to photos of individuals specified in the action list.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the specified action comprises one of:

including photos comprising at least one of the one or more specified individuals in the photo presentation; and

excluding photos comprising at least one of the one or more specified individuals from the photo presentation.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the specified action comprises applying special effects to photos comprising the one or more selected individuals.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein applying special effects comprises applying special effects around facial regions of the one or more selected individuals.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein displaying one or more controls for specifying an action is performed on a photo in the photo presentation, and wherein customizing the photo presentation is performed beginning with a next photo with respect to the photo.