Contact cropping from images

• US 8,798,335 B1
• Filed: 07/12/2013
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Agopian, Mathias Marc, Wagner, Mark, Horowitz, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Desire, Gregory M
• Application Number:
  US13/940,449
• Time in Patent Office: 389 Days
• Field of Search: 382/118, 382/173, 382/190, 382/313
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/22 Cropping
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations

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.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

outputting, by one or more processors of a device, an image for display;

outputting, by the one or more processors, for display, a user prompt that queries whether a contact image based on the image is to be generated;

receiving, by the one or more processors, an indication of a user input responsive to the user prompt;

determining, based on the indication, that the contact image is to be generated; and

in response to the determining, automatically;

identifying a feature of a person in the image,

defining the contact image, the contact image being a cropped version of the image and including the feature, and

associating the contact image with a contact record stored in a computer-readable memory of the device, the associating being based on user selection of the contact record.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user prompt is a first user prompt, the method further comprising:

outputting a second user prompt that prompts a user of the device to select one of a new contact and a previous contact to associate with the contact image.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

updating contact information using the contact image responsive to a user selection of a previously stored contact.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing new contact information including the contact image responsive to a user selection of a new contact.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a crop perimeter that corresponds to the feature of the person; and

enabling a user to adjust dimensions of the crop perimeter to provide an adjusted crop perimeter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user prompt is a first user prompt, the method further comprising:

determining automatically that multiple persons are present in the image;

outputting a second user prompt that prompts a user of the device to manually select a single person of the multiple persons present in the image; and

receiving an indication of a manual selection of the single person of the multiple persons present in the image from the user of the device, wherein defining the contact image is based on the indication of the manual selection of the single person.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

automatically generating crop perimeters corresponding to each of the multiple persons, wherein the second user prompt provides for user selection of one of the crop perimeters to provide a selected crop perimeter.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the contact image is based on one of the selected crop perimeter and an adjusted crop perimeter.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the user prompt for display is performed in response to generating the image using a camera of the device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the feature of the person in the image comprises identifying a portion of the person in the image using an automatic recognition process.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a mobile device.

12. A system, comprising:

a computer-readable memory of a device; and

one or more processors of the device that are operable to perform actions comprising;

outputting an image for display,

outputting for display, a user prompt that queries whether a contact image based on the image is to be generated,

receiving an indication of a user input responsive to the user prompt,

determining, based on the indication, that the contact image is to be generated, and

in response to the determining, automatically;

identifying a feature of a person in the image,

defining the contact image, the contact image being a cropped version of the image and including the feature, and

associating the contact image with a contact record stored in the computer-readable memory of the device, the associating being based on user selection of the contact record.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user prompt is a first user prompt, and wherein the one or more processors are further operable to perform actions comprising:

outputting a second user prompt that prompts a user of the device to select one of a new contact and a previous contact to associate with the contact image.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to perform actions comprising:

updating contact information using the contact image responsive to a user selection of a previously stored contact.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to perform actions comprising:

storing new contact information including the contact image responsive to a user selection of a new contact.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to perform actions comprising:

generating a crop perimeter that corresponds to the feature of the person; and

enabling a user to adjust dimensions of the crop perimeter to provide an adjusted crop perimeter.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the user prompt is a first user prompt, and wherein the one or more processors are further operable to perform actions comprising:

determining automatically that multiple persons are present in the image;

outputting a second user prompt that prompts a user of the device to manually select a single person of the multiple persons present in the image; and

receiving an indication of a manual selection of the single person of the multiple persons present in the image from the user of the device, wherein defining the contact image is based on the indication of the manual selection of the single person.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further operable to perform actions comprising:

automatically generating crop perimeters corresponding to each of the multiple persons, wherein the second user prompt provides for user selection of one of the crop perimeters to provide a selected crop perimeter.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the contact image is based on one of the selected crop perimeter and an adjusted crop perimeter.

20. The system of claim 12, further comprising a camera for generating the image on the device, wherein outputting the user prompt for display is performed in response to generating the image using the camera.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein identifying the feature of the person in the image comprises identifying a portion of the person in the image using an automatic recognition process.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the device comprises a mobile device.

23. A mobile device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor that is operable to perform actions comprising;

outputting an image for display on the mobile device,

outputting for display on the mobile device, a user prompt that queries whether a contact image based on the image is to be generated,

receiving an indication of a user input responsive to the user prompt,

determining, based on the indication, that the contact image is to be generated, and

in response to the determining, automatically;

identifying a feature of a person in the image,

defining the contact image, the contact image being a cropped version of the image including the feature, and

associating the contact image with a contact record stored in the memory, the associating being based on user selection of the contact record.

24. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein the user prompt is a first user prompt, and wherein the processor is further operable to perform actions comprising:

outputting a second user prompt that prompts a user of the mobile device to select one of a new contact and a previous contact to associate with the contact image.

25. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein the processor is further operable to perform actions comprising:

updating contact information using the contact image responsive to a user selection of a previously stored contact.

26. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein the processor is further operable to perform actions comprising:

storing new contact information including the contact image responsive to a user selection of a new contact.

27. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein the processor is further operable to perform actions comprising:

generating a crop perimeter that corresponds to the feature of the person; and

enabling a user to adjust dimensions of the crop perimeter to provide an adjusted crop perimeter.

28. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein the user prompt is a first user prompt, and wherein the processor is further operable to perform actions comprising:

determining automatically that multiple persons are present in the image;

outputting a second user prompt that prompts a user of the mobile device to manually select a single person of the multiple persons present in the image; and

receiving an indication of a manual selection of the single person of the multiple persons present in the image from the user of the mobile device, wherein defining the contact image is based on the indication of the manual selection of the single person.

29. The mobile device of claim 28, wherein the processor is further operable to perform actions comprising:

automatically generating crop perimeters corresponding to each of the multiple persons, wherein the second user prompt provides for manual selection of one of the crop perimeters to provide a selected crop perimeter.

30. The mobile device of claim 29, wherein the contact image is based on one of the selected crop perimeter and an adjusted crop perimeter.

31. The mobile device of claim 23, further comprising a means for generating the image on the mobile device.

32. The mobile device of claim 31, wherein the means for generating the image comprises a camera, and wherein outputting the user prompt for display is performed in response to generating the image using the camera of the mobile device.

33. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein identifying the feature of the person in the image comprises identifying a portion of the person in the image using an automatic recognition process.