METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AN INDIVIDUAL IN A DIGITAL IMAGE DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN
A system and method for identifying an image of an individual by touching a screen in a photo is disclosed herein. A feature vector of an individual is used to analyze other photos on a database or social networking website such as FACEBOOK® to determine if an image of the individual is present in a photo of the set of photos. Photos having an image of the individual are tagged preferably by listing a URL or URI for each of the photos in a database.
1 . (canceled)
2 . A method comprising:
broadcasting a video over a network;
receiving the video at a device that includes a touch screen display;
displaying the video on the touch screen display;
receiving user input via the touch screen display while the video is being broadcasted, the user input identifying a region on the display corresponding to a facial image to be analyzed;
analyzing the facial image to obtain a feature vector;
comparing the feature vector to a plurality of feature vectors stored in a database to obtain at least one comparison result that identifies a single individual across a plurality of images; and
employing the comparison result to enable information about the single individual to be collected from a plurality of different storages; and
presenting the collected information on the touch screen display.
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein the video is a pre-recorded video.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the pre-recorded video is a movie.
5 . The method of claim 2 wherein the device is a mobile phone or tablet computer.
6 . The method of claim 2 wherein the different storages include a plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories.
7 . The method of claim 6 wherein each of the plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories is maintained by a different company.
8 . A method comprising:
providing pre-recorded video over a network;
receiving the pre-recorded video at a device that includes a touch screen display;
displaying the pre-recorded video on the touch screen display;
receiving user input via the touch screen display while the pre-recorded video is being played, the user input identifying a region on the display corresponding to a facial image to be analyzed;
analyzing the facial image to obtain a feature vector;
comparing the feature vector to a plurality of feature vectors stored in a database to obtain at least one comparison result that identifies a single individual across a plurality of images; and
employing the comparison result to enable information about the single individual to be collected from a plurality of different storages; and
presenting the collected information on the touch screen display.
9 . The method of claim 8 wherein the pre-recorded video is a movie.
10 . The method of claim 8 wherein the device is a mobile phone or tablet computer.
11 . The method of claim 8 wherein the different storages include a plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories.
12 . The method of claim 11 wherein each of the plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories is maintained by a different company.