WO2019084718A1

WO2019084718A1 - Social group creation method and apparatus and mobile electronic device

Info

Publication number: WO2019084718A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/108345
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yuejie TAN; FuTao HE
Original assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.; Sony Mobile Communications (China) Co., Ltd
Priority date: 2017-10-30
Filing date: 2017-10-30
Publication date: 2019-05-09

Abstract

A social group creation method and apparatus and a mobile electronic device. The method includes: identifying all face images in a designated photo; acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond; and creating a social group by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponds as group members of the social group. Hence, by identifying the face images in the designated photo and acquiring corresponding user information, a social group may be created quickly, thereby better improving user experiences.

Description

Social Group Creation Method and Apparatus and Mobile Electronic Device

Field

Embodiments of this disclosure relate to the field of mobile device technologies, and in particular to a social group creation method and apparatus and a mobile electronic device.

Background

Mobile electronic equipment (such as a smart mobile phone, and a tablet PC, etc. ) has been widely used, and till now, various operating systems, such as IOS, and Android, etc., have been developed in the mobile electronic equipment. Various application programs (or referred to as applications in brief) may operate in these operating systems, thereby achieving various needed functions.

It should be noted that the above description of the background is merely provided for clear and complete explanation of this disclosure and for easy understanding by those skilled in the art. And it should not be understood that the above technical solution is known to those skilled in the art as it is described in the background of this disclosure.

Summary

It was found by the inventors that almost all social applications have a function of group chat currently. When some users need to do something together, for the sake of convenience of communication, one of the users will create a chat group by adding members in a selected application, and all members in the group may make speeches freely in the group and speech contents may be learnt by other members in the group. Each member in the group may have a head photo, so that other members in the group may learn the speech maker.

However, currently, a chat group is created by adding members one by one, resulting in that operations of a user are tedious and inconvenient.

In order to solve the above problem, embodiments of this disclosure provide a social group creation method and apparatus and a mobile electronic device, so as to reduce steps in creating a social group, quickly create a social group, and improve user experiences.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of this disclosure, there is provided a social group creation method, applicable to a mobile electronic device, the creation method including:

identifying all face images in a designated photo;

acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond; and

creating a social group by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponds as group members of the social group.

In an embodiment, the designated photo is a photo selected from an electronic album of the mobile electronic device or a photo captured by a camera of the mobile electronic device.

In an embodiment, the identifying all face images in a designated photo includes:

detecting the designated photo by using a face detection method, so as to obtain all face images in the designated photo.

In an embodiment, the acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond includes:

extracting face features of all the face images one by one; and

searching user information matching with the face features from a database according to face features of each face image.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

suggesting uploading a face identifiable photo;

identifying a face image in the face identifiable photo;

extracting face features of the face image; and

associatedly storing the face features of the face image and user information to which the face image corresponds.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

providing an option of creating a group by using a designated photo; and

acquiring a designated photo after the option is selected.

In an embodiment, the acquiring a designated photo includes:

activating a default function, and acquiring the designated photo according to an operation of a user on the default function; or

providing multiple options of functions of acquiring photos, and acquiring the designated photo according to selection of an option of a function of acquiring photos by a user.

In an embodiment, the method further includes:

designating a default group name for a created social group or suggesting inputting a group name.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of this disclosure, there is provided a social group creation apparatus, configured in a mobile electronic device, the creation apparatus including:

a first identifying unit configured to identify all face images in a designated photo;

a first acquiring unit configured to acquire user information to which all face images identified by the first identifying unit correspond; and

a creating unit configured to create a social group by taking users to which the user information acquired by the first acquiring unit corresponds as group members of the social group.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of this disclosure, there is provided a mobile electronic device, including a memory and processor, the memory storing instructions executed by the processor, and the processor being configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions:

identifying all face images in a designated photo;

acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond; and

extracting face features of all the face images one by one; and

In an embodiment, the processor is further configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions:

suggesting uploading a face identifiable photo;

identifying a face image in the face identifiable photo;

extracting face features of the face image; and

providing an option of creating a group by using a designated photo; and

acquiring a designated photo after the option is selected.

In an embodiment, the acquiring a designated photo includes:

An advantage of the embodiments of this disclosure exists in that by identifying the face images in the designated photo and acquiring corresponding user information, a social group may be created quickly, thereby better improving user experiences.

With reference to the following description and drawings, embodiments of this disclosure are disclosed in detail, and principles of this disclosure and the manners of use are indicated. It should be understood that the scope of the embodiments of this disclosure is not limited thereto. The embodiments of this disclosure contain many alternations, modifications and equivalents within the scope of the terms of the appended claims.

Features that are described and/or illustrated with respect to one embodiment may be used in the same way or in a similar way in one or more other embodiments and/or in combination with or instead of the features of the other embodiments.

It should be emphasized that the term “comprises/comprising/includes/including” when used in this specification is taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components or groups thereof.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Elements and features depicted in one drawing or embodiment of the invention may be combined with elements and features depicted in one or more additional drawings or embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and may be used to designate like or similar parts in more than one embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a social group creation method of an embodiment of this disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of correspondingly storing face features and user information;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of extracting the face features and storing them in a database;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of acquiring a designated photo;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of face detection;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of extracting the face feature;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of user information matching;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a created social group;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a social group creation apparatus of an embodiment of this disclosure; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a mobile electronic device of an embodiment of this disclosure.

Detailed Description

These and further aspects and features of the present invention will be apparent with reference to the following description and attached drawings. In the description and drawings, particular embodiments of the invention have been disclosed in detail as being indicative of some of the ways in which the principles of the invention may be employed, but it is understood that the invention is not limited correspondingly in scope. Rather, the invention includes all changes, modifications and equivalents coming within the spirit and terms of the appended claims.

In the embodiments of this disclosure, terms “first” , and “second” , etc., are used to differentiate different elements with respect to names, and do not indicate spatial arrangement or temporal orders of these elements, and these elements should not be limited by these terms. Terms “and/or” include any all combinations of one or more relevantly listed terms. Terms “contain” , “include” and “have” refer to existence of stated features, elements, components, or assemblies, but do not exclude existence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components, or assemblies.

In the embodiments of this disclosure, single forms “a” , and “the” , etc., include plural forms, and should be understood as “a kind of” or “atype of” in a broad sense, but should not defined as a meaning of “one” ; and the term “the” should be understood as including both a single form and a plural form, except as is specified otherwise or is evident from context. Furthermore, the term “according to” should be understood as “at least partially according to” , the term “based on” should be understood as “at least partially based on” , except as is specified otherwise or is evident from context.

The interchangeable terms “electronic equipment” and “electronic device” may include portable radio communication equipment. The term “portable radio communication equipment” , which hereinafter is referred to as a “mobile radio terminal” , “portable electronic device” , or “portable communication device” , includes all apparatuses such as mobile telephones, pagers, communicators, electronic organizers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) , smart phones, media players, tablet PCs, portable communication devices, portable game devices, or the like.

In the present application, embodiments of the invention are described primarily in the context of a portable electronic device in the form of a mobile telephone (also referred to as “mobile phone” ) . However, it shall be appreciated that the invention is not limited to the context of a mobile telephone and may relate to any type of appropriate electronic apparatus, examples of such type of electronic apparatus including a digital single lens reflex camera, a digital mirrorless camera, a smart mobile phone, a tablet PC, a portable digital camera, a media player, a portable game device, a PDA, a computer, or the like.

The term “unit” may have conventional meaning in the field of electronics, electrical devices and/or electronic devices may include, for example, electrical and/or electronic circuitry, devices, modules, processors, memories, logic solid state and/or discrete devices, computer programs or instructions for carrying out respective tasks, procedures, computations, outputs, and/or displaying functions, and so on, as such as those that are described herein.

Additionally, a unit may be a processor and a set of instructions in memory or otherwise provided, which instructions are carried out by the processor and, possibly also by one or more devices electrically downstream of the processor or controlled or acting in response to the processor.

Embodiment of the first aspect

An embodiment of this disclosure provides a social group creation method, applicable to a mobile electronic device. The social group here is, for example, a chat group, etc., but this disclosure is not limited thereto.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one implementation of the social group creation method of an embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the creation method includes:

step 101: all face images in a designated photo are identified;

step 102: user information to which all identified face images correspond is acquired; and

step 103: a social group is created by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponds as group members of the social group.

In this embodiment, the social group is created by identifying the face images in the designated photo and acquiring user information to which the face images correspond, rather than by adding group members one by one. Hence, a social group may be created quickly, thereby better improving user experiences.

In this embodiment, if a face in the designated photo is not identified, as user information to which the face corresponds cannot be acquired, a user to which the face corresponds will not be included in the social group, or the user will be added to the social group by using other methods.

In this embodiment, the above designated photo may be a photo selected from an electronic album of the mobile electronic device, and may also be a photo captured by a camera of the mobile electronic device. However, this disclosure is not limited thereto, and the designated photo may be a photo acquired from other functions of acquiring photos.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, before step 101, the method may further include:

step 100: an option of creating a group by using a designated photo is provided, and a designated photo is acquired after the option is selected.

In this embodiment, after a user selects an application used for creating a social group, a function of creating a social group may be started by pressing a button (a physical button or a virtual button) . Hence, the method of this embodiment may provide multiple options of manners of creating social group for a user to select, for example, a normal option of “creating a group by adding group members” , and for another example, the option of “creating a group by using a designated photo” in this embodiment.

After the option of “creating a group by using a designated photo” in this embodiment is selected by the user, the designated photo may be acquired. In this embodiment, the above designated photo may be acquired via a default function, and may also be acquired by providing options of functions of acquiring photos.

As to acquiring the designated photo via a default function, for example, when the default function is an electronic album, after the above option is selected, the electronic album of the mobile electronic device is activated, for the user to select the designated photo from the electronic album; and for another example, when the default function is a camera, after the above option is selected, a camera of the mobile electronic device is activated, for the user to capture an image in a real-time manner and take it as the designated photo.

As to acquiring the designated photo by providing options of functions of acquiring photos, for example, after the above option is selected, multiple options of functions are provided, such as an electronic album, a camera, etc. After the user selects one of the options, a function to which the selected option corresponds is activated, for the user to select the designated photo or capture an image and take it as the designated photo.

In this embodiment, the applications in which this disclosure may be various existing Apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, Wechat, BBC News, and Gmail, etc. ; however, this disclosure is not limited thereto, and the applications may be various applications that currently exist or that may be developed in the future.

In step 101, the above designated photo may be detected by using a face detection method, so as to understand or to recognize that a photo includes faces and to obtain all face images in the designated photo. The face images may be taken as head photos of members of the social group. A face detection method is not limited in this embodiment, and any face detection method is applicable, such as an existing face detection method, or a face detection method developed in the future, to detect or to determine whether faces in the above designated photo can be detected.

In step 102, face features of all face images identified in step 101 may be extracted one by one, and compared and matched with face features stored in a database corresponding to information of multiple users according to face features of each face image, and user information matching with the above face features is searched from the database.

In this embodiment, the database may be a database of a cloud-based server, or may be a database of a local server, or may be a local database (the mobile electronic device) , and this disclosure is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, face features corresponding to information of multiple users are stored in the database in advance, so as to compare with the face features of the face image identified in step 101, thereby acquiring corresponding user information.

FIG. 2 shows a method for storing the face features corresponding to the information of multiple users. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes:

step 201: uploading a face identifiable photo is suggested;

step 202: a face image in the face identifiable photo is identified;

step 203: face features of the face image are extracted; and

step 204: the face features of the face image and user information to which the face image corresponds are associatedly stored.

In step 201, the user may be suggested to upload the face identifiable photo, the face identifiable photo having a face image for use in performing face identification, and the face image corresponding to a user. In step 201, the user may be suggested at the same time to input user information of the user to which the face image corresponds. The user information may include a user name, and/or a user identifier (ID) , etc.

In step 202, similar to step 101, the face image in the face identifiable photo may be identified by using the face detection method, and a particular detection method is not limited in this embodiment.

In step 203, similar to step 103, the face features of the identified face image may be extracted. A particular extraction method is not limited in this embodiment, and the extracted face features include such information as a user face identification parameter, etc.

In step 204, the face features of the face image extracted in step 203 may be stored in association with the user information (including a user name, and/or a user identifier (ID) , etc. ) to which the face image corresponds.

With the method shown in FIG. 2, face features of multiple users are stored in the database, and corresponding user information is found by comparing them with the face features of all the face images extracted in step 102.

In step 103, the social group may be created by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponding to all the face images corresponds as group members of the social group, and the face images identified in step 101 may be taken as head photos of the group members; however, this disclosure is not limited thereto.

Hence, rather than adding the group members one by one in creating the social group, they are added by identifying the face images in the designated photo, which may be accomplished in one step, thereby saving time in creating the social group, and improving user experiences.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, alternatively, the method may further include:

step 104: a default group name for a created social group is designated or inputting a group name is suggested.

In this embodiment, after the social group is created, a default group name may be given to the social group, or the user may be suggested to input a group name, and this disclosure is not limited thereto.

The method of this embodiment shall be described below with reference to examples given in FIGs. 3-8.

As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the user is suggested to upload a face identifiable photo 301 first, then face identification is performed on the identifiable photo 301 and face features 302 of the identifiable photo 301are extracted, and finally, the face features 302 are stored in association with user information 303 of a face image in the identifiable photo 301 in a database 304.

In this embodiment, what is shown in FIG. 3 is a preprocessing procedure, and is not a necessary processing procedure of the method of this embodiment, that is, the processing shown in FIG. 3 is not performed in the method of this embodiment each time. For example, the processing shown in FIG. 3 may also be performed in other electronic devices, and an identification result may be stored in the database 304; or, the processing shown in FIG. 3 may be replaced, and the user information 303 and the face features 302 to which it corresponds may be stored in the database 304 by other means.

As shown in FIG. 4, when a user prepares to create a new group, the user first presses a button (a physical button or a virtual button) , and then options of creation manners are provided by the method of this embodiment for selection by the user. As shown in FIG. 4, the method of this embodiment provides two options, one is “creating a group by using a designated photo” 401, and the other one is “creating a group by adding members” 402. After the user selects the option “creating a group by using a designated photo” 401, the camera 403 is activated in the method of this embodiment as the camera 403 is a default function, and as described above, alternatively, if the default function is electronic album, the electronic album may be activated, or multiple options of functions of acquiring photos may be provided for the user to select. For brevity and convenience, this embodiment is described by taking that the camera 403 is activated as an example. Hence, the user may capture a photo 404 at the site by using the camera 403 and take the photo 404 as the above designated photo.

As shown in FIG. 5, as there exist multiple persons in the photo 404 captured by the camera 403, in this embodiment, all face images in the photo 404 may be obtained by performing face detection on the photo 404, as shown at the right side of FIG. 5. A detection method is not limited in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, after all the face images in the photo 404 are detected, face features of each face image, such as a face identification parameter, may be extracted one by one. FIG. 6 schematically shows an example of extracting face features 602 of one face image 601.

As shown in FIG. 7, corresponding user information 603 is found from the database 304 by using the above face features 602.

As shown in FIG. 8, users to which all found user information 303 corresponds are taken as group members and added into a group 801, and a group name 802 is defaulted or the user is suggested to input a group name.

With the method of this embodiment, the social group is created in a simple manner, thereby saving time in creating the social group, and improving user experiences.

Embodiment of the second aspect

An embodiment of this disclosure provides a social group creation apparatus, which may be, for example, a mobile electronic device, or may also be one or more components or an assembly configured in the mobile electronic device. Contents in this embodiment that are identical to those in the embodiment of the first aspect shall not be described herein any further.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of one implementation of the social group creation apparatus of the embodiment of this disclosure. As shown in FIG. 9, the social group creation apparatus 900 includes:

a first identifying unit 901 configured to identify all face images in a designated photo;

a first acquiring unit 902 configured to acquire user information to which all face images identified by the first identifying unit 901 correspond; and

a creating unit 903 configured to create a social group by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponds as group members of the social group.

In an embodiment, the first identifying unit 901 detects the designated photo by using a face detection method, so as to obtain all face images in the designated photo. In this embodiment, the first identifying unit 901 may also be referred to as an identifier, which may be achieved by a facial recognition software that is stored in a memory of the mobile electronic device, provides instructions to a central processing unit of the mobile electronic device, and is configured to identify all face images in a designated photo. In this embodiment, the first identifying unit 901 corresponds to a process or a thread in running of a program which is stored in a memory of the mobile electronic device and is controlled by a controller of the mobile electronic device.

In an embodiment, the first acquiring unit 902 extracts face features of all the face images one by one, and searches user information matching with the face features from a database according to face features of each face image. In this embodiment, the first acquiring unit 902 corresponds to a process or a thread in running of the program.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the social group creation apparatus 900 further includes: a suggesting unit 904, a second identifying unit 905, an extracting unit 906 and a storing unit 907. The suggesting unit 904 suggests uploading a face identifiable photo, the second identifying unit 905 identifies a face image in the face identifiable photo, the extracting unit 906 extracts face features of the face image, and the storing unit 907 associatedly stores the face features of the face image and user information to which the face image corresponds. In this embodiment, the suggesting unit 904, the second identifying unit 905, the extracting unit 906, and the storing unit 907 correspond respectively to a process or a thread in running of the program. The face features of the face image and user information to which the face image corresponds may be stored in a memory of the mobile electronic device.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the social group creation apparatus 900 further includes: a providing unit 908 and a second acquiring unit 909. The providing unit 908 provides an option of creating a group by using a designated photo, and the second acquiring unit 909 acquires a designated photo after the option is selected. In this embodiment, the providing unit 908 and the second acquiring unit 909 correspond respectively to a process or a thread in running of the program.

In an embodiment, the second acquiring unit 909 may activate a default function, and acquire the designated photo according to an operation of a user on the default function, or may also provide multiple options of functions of acquiring photos, and acquire the designated photo according to selection of an option of a function of acquiring photos by a user.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the social group creation apparatus 900 further includes: a designating unit 910, which designates a default group name for a created social group or suggests inputting a group name. In this embodiment, the designating unit 910 corresponds to a process or a thread in running of the program.

It should be noted that the components related to this disclosure are only described above. However, this disclosure is not limited thereto, and the social group creation apparatus 900 may further include other components, and the prior art may be referred to for particular contents of these components.

With the apparatus of this embodiment, the social group is created in a simple manner, thereby saving time in creating the social group, and improving user experiences.

Embodiment of the third aspect

An embodiment of this disclosure provides a mobile electronic device, which may be a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a portable digital camera, a media player, a portable game device, a PDA, a computer, or the like, and this embodiment is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the mobile electronic device may be a smart mobile phone; however, this disclosure is not limited thereto.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an implementation of a systematic structure of the mobile electronic device of the embodiment of this disclosure. The mobile electronic device 1000 may include a central processing unit 1001 and a memory 1002, the memory 1002 being coupled to the central processing unit 1001 and storing instructions executed by the central processing unit 1001. It should be noted that this figure is illustrative only, and other types of structures may also be used, so as to supplement or replace this structure and achieve a telecommunications function or other functions.

In an implementation, the functions of the social group creation apparatus 900 may be integrated into the central processing unit 1001. In this implementation, the central processing unit 1001 may be configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions: identifying all face images in a designated photo; acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond; and creating a social group by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponds as group members of the social group.

In an embodiment, the designated photo is detected by using a face detection method, so as to obtain all face images in the designated photo.

In an embodiment, face features of all the face images are extracted one by one, and user information matching with the face features is searched from a database according to face features of each face image.

In an embodiment, the central processing unit 1001 may be configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions: suggesting uploading a face identifiable photo; identifying a face image in the face identifiable photo; extracting face features of the face image; and associatedly storing the face features of the face image and user information to which the face image corresponds.

In an embodiment, the central processing unit 1001 may be configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions: providing an option of creating a group by using a designated photo; and acquiring a designated photo after the option is selected.

In an embodiment, the central processing unit 1001 may be configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions: activating a default function, and acquiring the designated photo according to an operation of a user on the default function.

In an embodiment, the central processing unit 1001 may be configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions: providing multiple options of functions of acquiring photos, and acquiring the designated photo according to selection of an option of a function of acquiring photos by a user.

In an embodiment, the central processing unit 1001 may be configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions: designating a default group name for a created social group or suggesting inputting a group name.

In another implementation, the social group creation apparatus 900 and the central processing unit 1001 may be configured separately. For example, the social group creation apparatus 900 may be configured as a chip connected to the central processing unit 1001, with its functions being realized under control of the central processing unit 1001.

As shown in FIG. 10, the mobile electronic device 1000 may further include a communication module 1003, an input unit 1004, a camera 1005, a display 1006 and a power supply 1007.

In an embodiment, the central processing unit 1001 (sometimes referred to as a controller or control, which may include a microprocessor or other processor devices and/or logic devices) receives input and controls operations of every component of the mobile electronic device 1000. The input unit 1004 provides input to the central processing unit 1001. The input unit 1004 is, for example, a button or a touch input device. The camera 1005 is configured to capture image data, and provide the captured image data to the processor 1001 for use in a conventional manner, such as storage, and transmission, etc.

The power supply 1007 is configured to supply power to the mobile electronic device 1000. The display 1006 is configured to display objects to be displayed, such as images, and words, etc. The display may be, for example, an LCD display or an LED display; however, this disclosure is not limited thereto.

The memory 1002 may be a solid memory, such as a read-only memory (ROM) , a random access memory (RAM) , and a SIM card, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, a non-transitory memory, and so on. It may also be such a memory that may store information when power is off, may be selectively erased, and may be provided with more data, and an example of such a memory is sometimes referred to as an EPROM, etc. The memory 1002 may also be another type of device. The memory 1002 may include a buffer memory (sometimes referred to as a buffer) . The memory 1002 may include an application/function storage portion configured to store applications and function programs or procedures executing operations of the mobile electronic device 1000 via the processor 1001.

The memory 1002 may further include a data storage portion configured to store data, such as a contact, digital data, a picture, a voice and/or any other data used by the mobile electronic device 1000. A driver storage portion of the memory 1002 includes various drivers of the mobile electronic device 1000 for communication functions and/or for executing other functions (such as message transmission application, and directory application, etc. ) of the mobile electronic device 1000.

The communication module 1003 is a transmitter/receiver transmitting and receiving signals via antennas. The communication module (transmitter/receiver) 1003 is coupled to the processor 1001 to provide input signals and receive output signals, which may be identical to a case in a conventional communication terminal. Based on different communication technologies, in the same mobile electronic device, multiple communication modules 1003, such as a cellular network module, a Bluetooth module and/or a WLAN module, etc., may be provided, so as to achieve general telecommunications functions.

It should be noted that FIG. 10 only illustrates a part of the structure of the mobile electronic device 1000. The mobile electronic device 1000 does not necessarily include all the components shown in FIG. 10. Furthermore, the mobile electronic device 1000 may include components not shown in FIG. 10, and the prior art may be referred to.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer readable program code, which, when executed in a mobile electronic device, will cause the mobile electronic device to carry out the social group creation method as described in the embodiment of the first aspect.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer readable medium, including a computer readable program code, which will cause mobile electronic device to carry out the social group creation method as described in the embodiment of the first aspect.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described above with reference to the drawings. The many features and advantages of the embodiments are apparent from the detailed specification and, thus, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such features and advantages of the embodiments that fall within the true spirit and scope thereof. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the inventive embodiments to the exact construction and operation illustrated and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope thereof.

It should be understood that each of the parts of the present invention may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, multiple steps or methods may be realized by software or firmware that is stored in the memory and executed by an appropriate instruction executing system. For example, if it is realized by hardware, it may be realized by any one of the following technologies known in the art or a combination thereof as in another embodiment: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for realizing logic functions of data signals, application-specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combined logic gate circuit, a programmable gate array (PGA) , and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) , etc.

The description or blocks in the flowcharts or of any process or method in other manners may be understood as being indicative of comprising one or more modules, segments or parts for realizing the codes of executable instructions of the steps in specific logic functions or processes, and that the scope of the preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise other implementations, wherein the functions may be executed in manners different from those shown or discussed, including executing the functions according to the related functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order, which should be understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

The logic and/or steps shown in the flowcharts or described in other manners here may be, for example, understood as a sequencing list of executable instructions for realizing logic functions, which may be implemented in any computer readable medium, for use by an instruction executing system, device or apparatus (such as a system including a computer, a system including a processor, or other systems capable of extracting instructions from an instruction executing system, device or apparatus and executing the instructions) , or for use in combination with the instruction executing system, device or apparatus.

The above literal description and drawings show various features of the present invention. It should be understood that a person of ordinary skill in the art may prepare suitable computer codes to carry out each of the steps and processes described above and illustrated in the drawings. It should also be understood that the above-described terminals, computers, servers, and networks, etc. may be any type, and the computer codes may be prepared according to the disclosure contained herein to carry out the present invention by using the devices.

Particular embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed herein. Those skilled in the art will readily recognize that the present invention is applicable in other environments. In practice, there exist many embodiments and implementations. The appended claims are by no means intended to limit the scope of the present invention to the above particular embodiments. Furthermore, any reference to “a device to…” is an explanation of device plus function for describing elements and claims, and it is not desired that any element using no reference to “a device to…” is understood as an element of device plus function, even though the wording of “device” is included in that claim.

Although a particular preferred embodiment or embodiments have been shown and the present invention has been described, it is obvious that equivalent modifications and variants are conceivable to those skilled in the art in reading and understanding the description and drawings. Especially for various functions executed by the above elements (portions, assemblies, apparatus, and compositions, etc. ) , except otherwise specified, it is desirable that the terms (including the reference to “device” ) describing these elements correspond to any element executing particular functions of these elements (i.e. functional equivalents) , even though the element is different from that executing the function of an exemplary embodiment or embodiments illustrated in the present invention with respect to structure. Furthermore, although the particular feature of the present invention is described with respect to only one or more of the illustrated embodiments, such a feature may be combined with one or more other features of other embodiments as desired and in consideration of advantageous aspects of any given or particular application.

Claims

A social group creation method, applicable to a mobile electronic device, the creation method comprising:

identifying all face images in a designated photo;

acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond; and

creating a social group by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponds as group members of the social group.
The creation method according to claim 1, wherein the designated photo is a photo selected from an electronic album of the mobile electronic device or a photo captured by a camera of the mobile electronic device.
The creation method according to either one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the identifying all face images in a designated photo comprises:

detecting the designated photo by using a face detection method, so as to obtain all face images in the designated photo.
The creation method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond comprises:

extracting face features of all the face images one by one; and

searching user information matching with the face features from a database according to face features of each face image.
The creation method according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the method further comprises:

suggesting uploading a face identifiable photo;

identifying a face image in the face identifiable photo;

extracting face features of the face image; and

associatedly storing the face features of the face image and user information to which the face image corresponds.
The creation method according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the method further comprises:

providing an option of creating a group by using a designated photo; and

acquiring a designated photo after the option is selected.
The creation method according to claim 6, wherein the acquiring a designated photo comprises:

activating a default function, and acquiring the designated photo according to an operation of a user on the default function; or

providing multiple options of functions of acquiring photos, and acquiring the designated photo according to selection of an option of a function of acquiring photos by a user.
The creation method according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the method further comprises:

designating a default group name for a created social group or suggesting inputting a group name.
A social group creation apparatus, configured in a mobile electronic device, the creation apparatus comprising:

a first identifying unit configured to identify all face images in a designated photo;

a first acquiring unit configured to acquire user information to which all face images identified by the first identifying unit correspond; and

a creating unit configured to create a social group by taking users to which the user information acquired by the first acquiring unit corresponds as group members of the social group.
A mobile electronic device, comprising a memory and processor, the memory storing instructions executed by the processor, and the processor being configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions:

identifying all face images in a designated photo;

acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond; and

creating a social group by taking users to which the acquired user information corresponds as group members of the social group.
The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the designated photo is a photo selected from an electronic album of the mobile electronic device or a photo captured by a camera of the mobile electronic device.
The mobile electronic device according to either one of claims 10 or 11, wherein the identifying all face images in a designated photo comprises:

detecting the designated photo by using a face detection method, so as to obtain all face images in the designated photo.
The mobile electronic device according to any one of claims 10-12, wherein the acquiring user information to which all identified face images correspond comprises:

extracting face features of all the face images one by one; and

searching user information matching with the face features from a database according to face features of each face image.
The mobile electronic device according to any one of claims 10-13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions:

suggesting uploading a face identifiable photo;

identifying a face image in the face identifiable photo;

extracting face features of the face image; and

associatedly storing the face features of the face image and user information to which the face image corresponds.
The mobile electronic device according to any one of claims 10-14, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions:

providing an option of creating a group by using a designated photo; and

acquiring a designated photo after the option is selected.
The mobile electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the acquiring a designated photo comprises:

activating a default function, and acquiring the designated photo according to an operation of a user on the default function; or

providing multiple options of functions of acquiring photos, and acquiring the designated photo according to selection of an option of a function of acquiring photos by a user.
The mobile electronic device according to any one of claims 10-16, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the following control by executing the instructions:

designating a default group name for a created social group or suggesting inputting a group name.