IP Library Granted Patent US 12,288,415
Granted Patent B2
US 12,288,415 · App. 18/396,844 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Selecting image to display based on facial distance between target person and another person

Inventor: Daiki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06V40/161G06T7/70G06T2207/30201
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Patent No.
US 12,288,415
App. No.
18/396,844
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring an image including a face image of a person; and a selection unit for selecting the image in which the part other than the face of a target person is captured among the plurality of images by using the position of the face image of a person other than the target person in the acquired image.

Claims (32)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire a plurality of images including a face of a target person;

detect a face of another person from each of the plurality of images;

select, from the plurality of images, one best image in which the face of the another person and the face of the target person is most separated each other based on a distance from the face of the another person to the face of the target person in each of the plurality of images and displaying the one best image thus selected; and

when a better image in which the face of the another person and the face of the target person is more separated than the one best image is acquired, replace displayed image with the better image.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to select an image in which a portion other than the face of the target person is captured from the plurality of images based on positional relationship between the face of the target person and the face of the another person in each of the plurality of images.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to select the one best image based on the positional relationship between the face of the target person and the face of the another person within a range of an overlap determination area set with region of the face of the target person as a reference.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to select the one best image based on the positional relationship between the target person and another person existing in front of the target person.

5. An information processing method performed by a computer and comprising:

acquiring a plurality of images including a face of a target person;

detecting a face of another person from each of the plurality of images;

selecting, from the plurality of images, one best image in which the face of the another person and the face of the target person is most separated each other based on a distance from the face of the another person to the face of the target person in each of the plurality of images and displaying the one best image thus selected; and

when a better image in which the face of the another person and the face of the target person is more separated than the one best image is acquired, replacing displayed image with the better image.

6. The information processing method according to claim 5 , wherein the information processing method comprises:

selecting an image in which a portion other than the face of the target person is captured from the plurality of images based on positional relationship between the face of the target person and the face of the another person in each of the plurality of images.

7. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the information processing method comprises:

selecting the image based on the positional relationship between the face of the target person and the face of the another person within a range of an overlap determination area set with region of the face of the target person as a reference.

8. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the information processing method comprises:

selecting the image based on the positional relationship between the target person and another person existing in front of the target person.

9. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform processing comprising:

acquiring a plurality of images including a face of a target person;

detecting a face of another person from each of the plurality of images;

selecting, from the plurality of images, one best image in which the face of the another person and the face of the target person is most separated each other based on a distance from the face of the another person to the face of the target person in each of the plurality of images and displaying the one best image thus selected; and

when a better image in which the face of the another person and the face of the target person is more separated than the one best image is acquired, replacing displayed image with the better image.

10. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the processing comprises:

selecting an image in which a portion other than the face of the target person is captured from the plurality of images based on positional relationship between the face of the target person and the face of the another person in each of the plurality of images.

11. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the processing comprises:

selecting the image based on the positional relationship between the face of the target person and the face of the another person within a range of an overlap determination area set with region of the face of the target person as a reference.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the processing comprises:

selecting the image based on the positional relationship between the target person and another person existing in front of the target person.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-010011 · Jan 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17424115
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