Mobile terminal and method for forming human network using the same

1. A method for forming a human network using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

selecting a person of interest from a first image of stored images;

selecting a relay person from the first image to which information about the selected person of interest is relayed; and

acquiring the personal information for the selected person of interest from a mobile terminal of the selected relay person,

wherein the selecting of the relay person comprises selecting an unselected person in the first image as the relay person, and

wherein the selecting of the relay person further comprises retrieving a second image including an unselected person, and selecting a person other than the unselected person in the retrieved second image as the relay person.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the person of interest comprises:

detecting facial areas of persons included in the first image;

recognizing a facial area of the selected person of interest from the detected facial areas; and

selecting a person having the recognized facial area as the person of interest.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the person of interest is selected through a touch sensor or a pointing input unit.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the personal information for the selected person of interest or the selected relay person is provided by recognizing the person of interest or the relay person through facial recognition and retrieving personal information for a person having a facial area matching a facial area of the recognized person of interest or the recognized relay person using face pattern matching.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the relay person further comprises retrieving a third image including an unselected person corresponding to the unselected person in the first image, and selecting a person other than the unselected person in the retrieved third image as an additional relay person.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the relay person comprises:

retrieving the second image having photograph information similar to photograph information for the first image, the photograph information being an image photographing place, an image photographing purpose, or an image photographing time, or combinations thereof; and

selecting a person included in the second image as the relay person.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the relay person comprises selecting a person included in a same group as the selected person of interest in the first image as the relay person using group information of members of the same group.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the relay person comprises retrieving a person having schedule information corresponding to photograph information for an image including the selected person of interest, and selecting the retrieved person as the relay person .

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the relay person comprises selecting the relay person according to at least one priority, the priority including a friendliness level with the selected person of interest, a physical distance from the selected person of interest, and a contactability level with the selected person of interest.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring of the personal information for the selected person of interest from the mobile terminal of the selected relay person comprises requesting the mobile terminal of the selected relay person to provide the personal information for the selected person of interest using communication information of the selected relay person, and receiving the personal information of the selected person of interest.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating with a mobile terminal of the selected person of interest using the acquired personal information for the person of interest.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communication information includes information about at least one of a call service, a short message service (SMS), a multimedia messaging service (MMS), an E-mail, and a social network service (SNS).

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communicating with the mobile terminal of the selected person of interest comprises requesting the mobile terminal of the selected person of interest to accept communication with the mobile terminal through relay of a mobile terminal of the selected relay person, and communicating with the mobile terminal of the selected person of interest if the request is accepted.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein, if the selected person of interest and a user requesting the personal information for the selected person of interest are included in a same group on the mobile terminal of the selected relay person, the mobile terminal of the selected relay person provides the personal information of the selected person of interest to the mobile terminal.

15. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an image storage to store images;

a personal information storage to store personal information for persons included in the stored images;

an operating unit to select a person of interest from the stored images;

a controller to select a relay person from a first image of the stored images to which information about the selected person of interest is relayed;

a personal information acquirer to acquire the personal information for the selected person of interest from a mobile terminal of the selected relay person; and

a relay person selector to select the relay person from the images,

wherein the personal information acquirer requests the mobile terminal of the selected relay person to provide the personal information for the selected person of interest using communication information of the selected relay person,

wherein the relay person selector selects an unselected person in the first image as the relay person, and

wherein the relay person selector retrieves a second image including the unselected person and selects a person other than the unselected person in the retrieved second image as the relay person.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the controller comprises:

a facial recognition unit to recognize the selected person of interest through facial recognition; and

a personal information retrieval unit to retrieve personal information for a person having a facial area matching a facial area of the recognized person of interest using face pattern matching from the personal information storage.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the relay person selector selects the relay person using at least one of group information of members, photograph information including a photographing place, a photographing purpose, and a photographing time, and schedule information.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , further comprising a communication unit to communicate with a mobile terminal of the selected person of interest using the acquired personal information for the person of interest.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18 , wherein the communication unit requests a mobile terminal of the selected person of interest to accept communication with the mobile terminal through relay of a mobile terminal of the selected relay person.

20. A method for forming a human network using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

selecting a person of interest from a first image;

identifying personal information for the selected person of interest using facial recognition; and

retrieving the personal information for the selected person of interest from a relay person,

wherein selecting the person of interest comprises:

detecting facial areas of persons included in the first image,

recognizing a facial area of the selected person of interest from the detected facial areas, and

selecting a person having the recognized facial area as the person of interest, and

wherein the selecting of the relay person conmprises: retrieving a second image including an unselected person corresponding to an unselected person in the first image, and selecting a person in the retrieved second image other than the unselected person in the retrieved second image as the relay person.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring comprises requesting the personal information for the selected person of interest from the mobile terminal of the selected relay person using communication information of the selected relay person.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the retrieving comprises requesting the personal information for the selected person of interest from the mobile terminal of the selected relay person using communication information of the selected relay person.

23. The method of claim 20 , further comprising communicating with a mobile terminal of the selected person of interest using the acquired personal information for the person of interest.