Automatic capture and refinement of a digital image of a group of people without user intervention
US10176616B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 19, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30201
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments receive frames as a stream captured during a camera session. During the camera session, faces and facial features of each face are detected from the frames. Then, each face in each frame is assigned a score based on the detected facial features. Using the scores, a candidate frame is selected for each individual face to represent a “best” representation of that face. In addition, an overall score is calculated for each frame based on a combination of assigned scores for the faces in the frame. Then, a reference frame is located from the frames based on the overall score for a respective frame. Faces from the candidate frames are then merged onto the reference frame, and an output image is generated for display.
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