PHOTO SHARING METHOD AND DEVICE

• US 20170034097A1
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,313,288 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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, 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after determining a face image set contained in the to-be-shared party photo set according to the face recognition result, 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.

3. 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.

4. 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:

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.

5. The method of claim 4, 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, a first target contact information corresponding to a 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 target contact information.

6. The method of claim 5, 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, a second target contact information, and sending a party photo subset corresponding to the specific target contact photo to a specific target contact by means of the second target contact information.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein there are at least two pieces of the contact information;

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 contact information priority order, contact information 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 contact information having the top priority corresponding to the each target contact photo.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein after determining a face image set contained in the to-be-shared party photo set according to the face recognition result, 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.

12. The device of claim 10, 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.

13. The device of claim 10, 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.

14. The device of claim 13, 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, first target contact information corresponding to a 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 target contact information.

15. The device of claim 14, 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, and sending a party photo subset corresponding to the specific target contact photo to a specific target contact by means of the second target contact information.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein there are at least two pieces of the contact information;

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 contact information priority order, contact information 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 contact information having the top priority corresponding to the each target contact photo.

17. The device of claim 10, 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;

18. The device of claim 10, 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.

19. 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.