Apparatus, method, program, and mobile terminal device with person image extracting and linking

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a face image extractor portion that extracts a face image of a person in a still image content;

a matching image detector portion that detects from a memory a matching face image matching with the extracted face image, which has been extracted by the face image extractor portion, the memory containing or storing face images and communication address information of respective users;

a linking processing portion that, when a matching face image matching with the extracted face image, which has been extracted by the face image extractor portion, is detected by the matching image detector, performs a linking process to link the extracted face image and communication address information corresponding to the extracted face image and stored in the memory;

a communication address information acquiring portion that, when the person is selected from the still image content, acquires from the memory the communication address information linked by the linking process to the face image of the selected person;

a controller portion that controls a communication section to make a telephone call to a telephone number corresponding to the communication address information acquired by the communication address information acquiring portion or that performs display control to display on a display portion a creation screen for an e-mail piece having an input e-mail address corresponding to the communication address information; and

a linkage determining portion that, when displaying the still image content, determines whether a face image of an image of the person in the still image content and communication address information corresponding to the face image and stored in the memory are linked together by the linking processing portion, wherein an image of a person determined by the linkage determining portion to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a display mode different from a display mode for the image of the person determined to be linked by the linking process,

wherein the image of a person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode, and the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode, with both the first display mode and the second display mode being distinct modifications of the still image content.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image of the person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode in which the image is half-tone displayed.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode in which the image is focus-positioned and displayed.

4. An information processing method, comprising:

extracting a face image of a person in a still image content;

detecting from a memory a matching face image matching with the extracted face image, the memory storing face images and communication address information of respective users;

performing a linking process to link the extracted face image and communication address information corresponding to the extracted face image;

acquiring from the memory the communication address information linked by the linking process to the face image of the selected person when the person is selected from the still image content;

controlling a communication section to make a telephone call to a telephone number corresponding to the communication address information acquired by the communication address information acquiring portion or that performs display control to display on a display portion a creation screen for an e-mail piece having an input e-mail address corresponding to the communication address information; and

displaying in the still image content the image of the person determined to be linked to the communication address information in the linking process in a display mode that is different from a display mode for a person not linked to communication address information in the linking process,

wherein the image of a person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode, and the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode, with both the first display mode and the second display mode being distinct modifications of the still image content.

5. The information processing method according to claim 4 , wherein the image of a person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode in which the image is half-tone displayed.

6. The information processing method according to claim 5 , wherein the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode in which the image is focus-positioned and displayed.

7. A mobile terminal device, comprising:

a memory that contains or stores face images and communication address information of respective users;

a face image extractor portion that extracts a face image of a person in a still image content;

a matching image detector portion that detects from the memory a matching face image matching with the extracted face image, which has been extracted by the face image extractor portion;

a linking processing portion that, when a matching face image matching with the extracted face image, which has been extracted by the face image extractor portion, is detected by the matching image detector, performs a linking process to link the extracted face image and communication address information corresponding to the extracted face image and stored in the memory;

a communication address information acquiring portion that, when the person is selected from the still image content, acquires from the memory the communication address information linked by the linking process to the face image of the selected person; a controller portion that controls a communication section to make a telephone call to a telephone number corresponding to the communication address information acquired by the communication address information acquiring portion or that performs display control to display on a display portion a creation screen for an e-mail piece having an input e-mail address corresponding to the communication address information; and

a linkage determining portion that, when displaying the still image content, determines whether a face image of an image of the person in the still image content and communication address information corresponding to the face image and stored in the memory are linked together by the linking processing portion, wherein an image of a person determined by the linkage determining portion to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a display mode different from a display mode for the image of the person determined to be linked by the linking process,

wherein the image of a person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode, and the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode, with both the first display mode and the second display mode being distinct modifications of the still image content.

8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the image of a person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode in which the image is half-tone displayed.

9. The mobile terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode in which the image is focus-positioned and displayed.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code executable to perform operations comprising:

extracting a face image of a person in a still image content;

detecting from a memory a matching face image matching with the extracted face image, the memory storing face images and communication address information of respective users;

performing a linking process to link the extracted face image and communication address information corresponding to the extracted face image;

acquiring from the memory the communication address information linked by the linking process to the face image of the selected person when the person is selected from the still image content;

controlling a communication section to make a telephone call to a telephone number corresponding to the communication address information acquired by the communication address information acquiring portion or that performs display control to display on a display portion a creation screen for an e-mail piece having an input e-mail address corresponding to the communication address information; and

displaying in the still image content the image of the person determined to be linked to the communication address information in the linkingprocess in a display mode that is different from a display mode for a person not linked to communication address information in the linking process,

wherein the image of a person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode, and the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode, with both the first display mode and the second display mode being distinct modifications of the still image content.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the image of a person determined to be not linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a first display mode in which the image is half-tone displayed.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the image of a person determined to be linked by the linking process is displayed in the still image content in a second display mode in which the image is focus-positioned and displayed.