KR20090097691A - Method of setting the publication of image file and the apparatus adopting the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of setting the publication format of an image file and an apparatus adopting the same are provided to prevent the publication of a photo that a user does not want by changing an initial setting value about the format of a publication file according to a recognized face. Facial recognition is performed for an uploaded image file(211), and a person image corresponding to the recognized face is extracted(220). A group for the image is judged(221,230,231), and the extracted person image is registered. The publication format of the judged group is set up as an initial value(240), and the setup contents are displayed to a user through a UI(User Interface)(250).

Description

Method of setting the publication of image file and the apparatus adopting the same}

The present invention relates to a method for setting a public file format of an image file and a device for executing the same in an apparatus for publishing an image file uploaded on the Internet by a user to the public.

With the development of digital image processing devices such as digital cameras and camcorders, many people can easily take pictures or videos of their choice. In addition, due to the development of the Internet, it is possible to upload image files such as photographs or videos taken by oneself to Internet sites, and to enjoy uploading photos with others. In addition, as mentioned above, the enterprise provides a blog service by purchasing a server so that people can upload image files of pictures or videos.

On the other hand, a user who is provided with a service may be reluctant to share the picture of an image file to be uploaded to others in the form of sharing it with an individual or a close friend. In this case, the server that provides the service provides various public formats such as 'private' and 'unlocked public', and provides a setting menu for setting any one of the public formats. Allows you to publish a picture of an image file. The aforementioned setting menu should always be changed to the setting value desired by the user. In other words, if the user does not want to make the photo public, the user must upload the photo and set the format of the photo to 'private'.

However, in general, the public format of publishing a picture corresponding to an uploaded image file is initially set to 'open all' before the user changes the setting value. So if a user forgets to change the public format and uploads an image file, everyone will be able to see it, even if it's a photo that he wanted to reveal to only those in a particular group.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for setting an open format of an image file that can change the initial value of the published format of the uploaded image file without the user's setting.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the first aspect of the present invention is a) performing a face recognition on the uploaded image file, b) extracting a person corresponding to the recognized face, c) the extracted person And a step of determining the registered group and d) setting the published format corresponding to the determined group to an initial value.

In the present invention, when the extracted person is registered as a first group including a plurality of people, the initial value of the open format to release the image file to the people included in the first group in step d). Can be set.

In the present invention, when the extracted person is registered as a second group including only the extracted person, in step d), the initial value of the publication format may be set so as not to publish the image file.

Also, in the present invention, when the extracted person is registered as a first group including a plurality of people and a second group including only the extracted person, in step d), the image file is disclosed to the extracted person. You can set the initial value of the open format.

Alternatively, in the present invention, when a plurality of faces are included in the image file, steps a) and b) may be performed on the plurality of faces.

In the present invention, if the extracted persons have different registered groups, step d) determines the public formats corresponding to the group determined in step c), and the public formats having the highest priority among the determined public formats. You can set the initial value of the open format.

In the present invention, when a plurality of image files are uploaded, steps a) and b) may be performed on the plurality of image files.

In the present invention, if the extracted groups are not the same group registered, step d) may set the initial value of the public format by separating the image files of the same public format.

In the present invention, when the face of the person is not included in the image file, in step d), the initial value of the public format may be set to disclose the image file to everyone.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the second aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for setting the format of the image file to disclose the image file uploaded from the user to others in various formats, the face recognition for the uploaded image file A face recognition unit, a database unit storing information of persons registered as a group by a user, a person extracting unit extracting the same person as the recognized person from the database unit, and the image according to the registered group A public format setting apparatus for an image file including a public format setting unit for setting an initial value of a file's public format is provided.

As such, face recognition is performed on the image file uploaded by the user, and the user does not need to select the public format by changing the initial value of the public format according to the person recognized by the face recognition. You can prevent accidentally revealing photos you don't want to release.

When a plurality of people are included in an image file, an initial value is set to a public format of a person having a high priority public format among the plurality of people, thereby preventing the image file from being disclosed to a person not desired by the user. You can do it.

In addition, even when uploading a plurality of image files at the same time, by analyzing the initial value of the open format is set, and classify and display the image files having the same open format, the user has to change the open format for each image file manually Can be removed.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10.

1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an apparatus 100 for setting an open format of an image file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the apparatus 100 may include a controller 110, a communication unit 120, a storage unit 130, a face recognition unit 140, a database unit 150, a person extracting unit 160, and a public format setting. The unit 170 is included.

The controller 110 controls the overall operation of the apparatus 100 for setting an open format of an image file according to the present invention.

The communication unit 120 receives image file data such as a picture and a video from an external terminal. Also, a data packet for displaying a homepage of an internet site, etc. is transmitted to the external terminal. The communication unit 120 may transmit and receive data by wire or wirelessly.

The storage unit 130 stores a temporary storage medium for temporarily storing control signals generated in each part of the device, an image file uploaded by a user, a long-term storage for storing a program for implementing an algorithm for performing the function of the device, and the like. Media. RAM or the like may be used as a temporary storage medium. In addition, a hard disk, an EEPROM, etc. may be used as a long-term storage medium.

The face recognition unit 140 analyzes the uploaded image file and performs face recognition on the person when the face of the person is included in the picture or video of the image file. The face recognition unit 140 may perform face recognition to generate face information about a person whose face is recognized. Face recognition will be able to use a previously disclosed face recognition algorithm.

The database unit 150 organizes and stores various data for each user who uses the service provided by the device. Each user may store information such as persons registered in a specific group such as 'friends' and 'ilchon', names of the persons, contacts, and the like.

When the face extractor 140 recognizes the face of the person included in the image file, the person extractor 160 extracts the same person as the recognized person from the database unit 150. When the person is extracted, information on the group in which the person whose face is recognized is registered will be included together.

The public format setting unit 170 determines a group in which the extracted person is registered, and sets an initial value of the public format of the uploaded image file according to the registered group.

Each part may transmit control signals, data, etc. by the data bus 180.

The disclosed format setting apparatus of the image file may be a server or the like.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a method of setting a publishing format of an image file uploaded by the apparatus according to FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5B.

2 and 3, when an image file is uploaded by the user (step 210), face recognition is performed on the uploaded image file (step 211).

If the face of the uploaded image file includes a person, it is determined whether a face is recognized (step 212). If the face is not recognized, the initial value of the public format is set to 'public' in the uploaded image file (step 243). ).

If a face is recognized by performing face recognition, information on a person corresponding to the recognized face is extracted from a database (step 220). When face recognition is performed by performing face recognition, face information will be generated for the recognized face person, and the face information of the person whose face is recognized by comparing the face information of the person stored in the database with the generated face information It will be possible to extract information.

3, three persons are stored in a database. Three people A, B, and C are stored, and each person has face information, a registered date registered in the database, a registered group, and whether a 'privacy' group is registered. The content of the database displayed in FIG. 3 is exemplary, and is not limited thereto. The contact information of registered persons may be included. In addition, in FIG. 3, only a group of 'friends' exists as a group name, but in addition, it may be possible to have a plurality of groups such as 'family' and 'work'.

By extracting the information of the person to determine whether there is a person corresponding to the recognized face in the database (step 221), if the person corresponding to the recognized face does not exist in the database, the person registered as a specific group by the user It is determined that there is no upload image file set to the initial value of the public format as 'public' (step 243).

On the other hand, if a person corresponding to the recognized face exists in the database, the person's information is extracted and then the group in which the person is registered is determined from the extracted person's information. It is determined whether the person corresponding to the recognized face is registered in the group of 'friends' and whether the person is registered in the group of 'privacy' (steps 230, 231 and 232).

The names of the groups referred to as 'friends' and 'privacy' are exemplary and not limited to the above names, and may be referred to as 'first group' and 'second group'.

The group of 'friends' refers to a group of people who are close to the user who uploaded the image file and are classified to be managed separately from other acquaintances. The group of 'friends' may include a plurality of people. For example, it is possible to classify members of a group such as club members, family members or business associates into groups such as 'friends' or 'company'.

A group called 'Privacy' is a specially assigned by the user who uploaded the image file. That is, the user may register a person having a special relationship with the user in the group called 'privacy'. For example, in the case of a lover relationship, the user may register his lover as 'privacy'. Even when there are two or more persons registered in the 'privacy' group, the persons are not classified into the same group but each of them is classified into a separate group. One "privacy" group contains only one person.

If the person corresponding to the face recognized by the determination is registered in both the 'friend' group and the 'privacy' group, the initial value of the public format is set in the form of 'A (extracted to the person)' (240). step).

If the person corresponding to the face recognized by the determination is registered only in the 'friend' group, the initial value of the public format is set in the form of 'open to the friend' (step 241). That is, it is open to all the plurality of people registered in the group of 'friends'.

In addition, if the person corresponding to the face recognized by the determination is registered only in the 'privacy' group, the initial format is set to 'private' (step 242).

On the other hand, if it is determined that no group has been registered, the initial value of the public format is set to 'public' (step 243).

If the initial value of the public format is set by determining the group in which the person included in the uploaded image file is registered, the set content is displayed to the user using the UI (step 250). That is, the set disclosure format is displayed as an initial value and displayed on an activation window for confirming whether or not to upload an image file to the user.

4 to 5 (b), the method for setting the initial value of the published format of the image file mentioned above will be described in more detail.

4 is an example of a picture uploaded by a user. 4A to 4D 401 to 404 are portraits A, C, D, and a landscape photograph, respectively. Person A is registered in a group called 'friends', and person C is registered in 'friends' and 'privacy' groups (see FIG. 3). When the photos of FIGS. 4A through 4D are uploaded by the user, as shown in FIG. 2, face recognition may be performed on each photo to reveal the photo in a certain format. Determine whether or not.

In the case of the picture 401 in which the person A is photographed, since the person A is registered in the 'friends' group, the initial value is set in a public format of 'open to friends'. Referring to Figure 5 (a) is an activation window displayed to the user to confirm the setting of the public format. The UI shown in FIG. 5A includes a file name of an image file of a picture to be uploaded, a size of the file, a public format setting window, and a window for confirming the upload of an image file. In the activation window displayed to the user, in FIG. 5 (a), since the picture 401 of the person A has been uploaded, a check mark is marked on the item 'revealed to a friend'. The user can check the 'public' item to make the photo visible to everyone. Alternatively, you can check the item that is marked 'Public to friends' once more so that no one can see the picture.

On the other hand, the picture 402 in which the person C is photographed is initially set to an open format of 'only open to the person C'. The UI of the activation window shown in FIG. 5B is almost similar to that shown in FIG. 5A. However, in the case of FIG. 5 (b), since the picture taken by the person C has been uploaded, a check mark is marked on the item 'only visible to the person C' in the public format setting window.

Since the initial value of the public format will be set to be displayed to all of the photo 403 or the landscape photo 404 in which the person D was photographed, the 'Public' item is displayed in the window as shown in FIG. 5 (a) or 5 (b). A check mark will be displayed.

On the other hand, even if the public format is set to 'only to the person C' in Figure 5 (b), if the user wants to randomly disclose the picture to other people to upload the image file uploaded by a separate operation to other people It will be possible to set. In FIG. 5B, an item marked as 'friend selection' may be selected to execute this function.

In this way, face recognition is performed on the image file uploaded by the user, and the user does not need to select the open format by changing the initial value of the open format according to the person recognized by the face recognition. In addition, it is possible to prevent a photo from being accidentally disclosed by setting an initial value of a public format to an appropriate value without having to select a public format for a photo that the user does not want to publish.

Next, another embodiment of a method of setting a publishing format of an image file uploaded by the apparatus according to FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8.

6 and 7 illustrate a method of setting an initial value of an open format of an image file when a plurality of persons are photographed in a picture.

Once the image file is uploaded by the user (step 610), face recognition is performed on the uploaded image file (step 611). As shown in FIG. 7, in the present embodiment, the figures included in the image file are A and C. FIG. Accordingly, in step 611, the face recognition algorithm performs face recognition on all persons included in the image file.

When face recognition is completed for all persons, the person information of persons corresponding to all the recognized faces is extracted from the database (step 620). The face recognition and the extraction of the person information may be performed in the same manner as described with reference to FIG. 2.

When all the information of the person is extracted, a group in which each person is registered is determined (step 621). In step 622, the public format according to the registered group is analyzed for all persons according to the determination, and the initial value of the public format is set to the highest public format among all the public formats (step 630).

Table 1 below shows the priority of the disclosure format according to the group in which the person is registered. Table 1 below is an example, and it may be possible to change the priority at the user or server operating side.

First person 2nd Person Public format friend x Visible to friends friend Visible to friends privacy x Private friend Private privacy Private Friends, privacy x Open to first person only friend Open to first person only privacy Private Friends, privacy Private

In the case of the picture of FIG. 7, the image file includes people A and C. When referring to the database of FIG. 3, person A is registered in the group 'friend', and person C is in the group 'friend' and 'privacy'. It is registered. Therefore, when referring to Table 1, the disclosure format will be set to an initial value of 'open only to person C'.

When the initial value setting of the open format is completed, the set contents are displayed to the user through the UI as shown in FIG. 8 to be described later (step 631).

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which an initial value of a disclosure format is set by the disclosure format setting method described in FIG. 6 when the image file of the photo illustrated in FIG. 7 is uploaded.

Referring to FIG. 8, as in FIG. 5B, a file name of an image file of a picture to be uploaded, a size of the file, a public format setting window, a window for confirming the upload of an image file, and the like are included. Also, in the open format setting window, since the priority of the open format corresponding to person C is high, the initial value is set to the open format of 'only open to C'. Meanwhile, since a person A and C are simultaneously included in one image file, it may be possible to additionally generate an activation window for confirming whether to upload the image file to the person A.

As described above, when face recognition is performed on an image file uploaded by a user, the initial value of the public format can be set to a value desired by the user, and when the image file includes a plurality of persons, By setting an initial value as a public format of a person having a high priority public format among the personalities, it is possible to prevent an image file from being disclosed to a person that the user does not want.

Next, another embodiment of a method of setting a publishing format of an image file uploaded by the apparatus according to FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.

Referring to FIG. 9, when a user uploads a plurality of image files at a time, a method of setting an initial value of an open format of image files is shown.

When a plurality of image files are uploaded by the user (step 910), an initial value of the public format is set for each image file (step 920). The process of setting the initial value of the open format may be performed by repeating the method described with reference to FIG. 2.

When the initial value of the open format is set for all image files, the set initial values are analyzed (step 930), and a plurality of image files set as the initial value of the same open format are grouped according to the analysis result. It is classified into a group of (step 931).

After all of the image files set to initial values of the same disclosure format are classified, the contents set for each classified group are displayed to the user (step 932).

Referring to FIG. 10, in this embodiment, the user uploaded image files for three photos. The three pictures are taken by person A alone, pictures taken by people A and B together and person C alone. Referring to the database of FIG. 3, the figures A and B are registered only in the group 'friend', and in this case, the photos taken by the figures A and B and the photographs taken by the person A alone are 'open to friends' in the form of an image file. The initial value will be set. On the other hand, since person C is registered as a group of 'friends' and 'privacy', the initial value of the image file's public format will be set to 'only open to person C'. Thus, a window is displayed for setting the public format of the image file by classifying a picture taken by person A alone and a picture taken by person A and B together, and on the other hand, the picture taken by person C alone as a group Create a screen to set the public format of the image file.

On the other hand, if the user wants to change the setting of the public format even if the picture taken by person C alone to 'public to friends', the public format can be changed by dragging the picture displayed on the screen with the mouse to the left. will be.

As described above, even when uploading a plurality of image files at the same time, by analyzing the initial value of the open format that is set, classify and display the image files having the same public format, the user must change the public format for each image file You can eliminate the hassle.

The above detailed description and drawings are merely exemplary of the present invention, but are used only for the purpose of illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical protection scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an apparatus for setting an open format of an image file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting an open format of an image file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a table illustrating person information stored in a database unit in the apparatus for setting an open format of an image file according to FIG. 1.

4 is an example of image files uploaded by a user.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are diagrams illustrating screens in which the initial value of the open format is set according to the embodiment of FIG.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting an open format of an image file according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7 is another example of an image file uploaded by a user.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which an initial value of an open format is set according to the embodiment of FIG. 6.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting an open format of an image file according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which an initial value of an open format is set according to the embodiment of FIG. 9.

Claims (10)

a) performing face recognition on the uploaded image file; b) extracting a person corresponding to the recognized face; c) determining a group in which the extracted person is registered; And and d) setting a publication format corresponding to the determined group to an initial value. The method of claim 1, wherein when the extracted person is registered as a first group including a plurality of people, And in step d), an initial value of a publication format is set to disclose the image file to persons included in the first group. The method of claim 1, wherein when the extracted person is registered as a second group including only the extracted person, And setting an initial value of an open format to not disclose the image file in step d). The method of claim 1, wherein when the extracted person is registered as a first group including a plurality of people and a second group including only the extracted person, And setting an initial value of an open format to disclose the image file to the extracted person in step d). The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein when the image file includes a plurality of faces, And performing steps a) and b) for the plurality of faces. The method of claim 5, wherein the extracted groups have different registered groups. In step d), the public formats corresponding to the group determined in step c) are determined, and an initial value of the public format is set to a public format having a higher priority among the determined public formats. How to set the format. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein when a plurality of image files are uploaded, And performing steps a) and b) for the plurality of image files. The method of claim 7, wherein the extracted groups are not the same group registered Step d) is to set the initial value of the public format by separating the image files of the same public format. The method of claim 1, wherein the face of the person is not included in the image file. Setting the initial value of the public format to publish the image file to everyone in step d). In the device for setting the open format of the image file to disclose the image file uploaded from the user to others in various formats, A face recognition unit performing face recognition on the uploaded image file; A database unit for storing information of persons registered as a group by a user; A person extracting unit which extracts the same person as the recognized person from the database unit; And And an open format setting unit for setting an initial value of the open format of the image file according to a group in which the extracted person is registered.

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