Mediating apparatus and method, and computer-readable recording medium thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11501564-B2
Application number	US-202017123234-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2020
Priority date	Dec 16, 2019
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a mediating apparatus and a mediating method, and a computer-readable recording medium thereof. The mediating method includes: receiving a plurality of images from a first user; generating at least one new image by referring to the plurality of received images; extracting a feature of a face included in the at least one generated new image; searching for a second user corresponding to the feature that has been extracted; and providing the first user with information about the second user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mediating method for performing matching services, comprising:
providing a first user with images of a plurality of users, wherein users in the plurality of users are different from the first user;
receiving a plurality of images from a first user, wherein the plurality of images is selected by the first user from among the provided images of the plurality of users;
generating at least one new image of a face, wherein the face includes a set of one or more features combined based on corresponding features from each image in a subset of the plurality of received images;
extracting a combined feature from the set of one or more features included in the at least one generated new image;
searching for second user corresponding to the combined feature that has been extracted; and
providing the first user with information about the second user.

2. The mediating method of claim 1 , wherein
features of the plurality of received images are reflected in the combined feature extracted with respect to the new image.

3. The mediating method of claim 1 , wherein
receiving a request for mediating a video call with the second user, from the first user who has been provided with the information about the second user; and
in response to the request for mediating the video call, establishing a video call session between a first terminal used by the first user and a second terminal used by the second user.

4. The mediating method of claim 1 , wherein
the generating of the new image comprises:
obtaining feature point information and texture information of a face included in each of the plurality of images; and
generating a new image by referring to the feature point information and the texture information.

5. The mediating method of claim 4 , wherein
the feature point information corresponds to coordinate information about a specific point of each face.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having, recorded thereon, a program for performing the method of claim 1 .

7. A mediating apparatus for performing matching services, comprising:
an input/output interface configured to provide a first user with images of a plurality of users, wherein users in the plurality of users are different from the first user, and receive a plurality of images from a first user, wherein the plurality of images is selected by the first user from among the provided images of the plurality of users;
an image generation unit configured to generate at least one new image of a face, wherein the face includes a set of one or more features combined based on corresponding features from each image in a subset of the plurality of received images;
a feature extraction unit configured to extract a combined feature from the set of one or more features included in the at least one generated new image; and
a controller configured to search for second user corresponding to the combined feature that has been extracted and provide the first user with information about the found second user.

8. The mediating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
features of the plurality of received images are reflected in the combined feature extracted with respect to the new image.

9. The mediating apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising
a communication interface configured to receive a request for mediating a video call with the second user, from the first user who has been provided with the information about the second user,
wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the request for mediating the video call, establish a video call session between a first terminal used by the first user and a second terminal used by the second user.

10. The mediating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
the image generation unit is further configured to obtain feature point information and texture information of a face included in each of the plurality of images and generate the at least one new image by referring to the obtained feature point information and texture information.

11. The mediating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
the feature point information corresponds to coordinate information about a specific point of each face.

Assignees

• Hyperconnect Inc

Inventors

• Ahn Sangil
• Kim Byungjong

Classifications

• G06F16/532 Primary

  Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying · CPC title

• G06V40/168

  Feature extraction; Face representation · CPC title

• G06Q30/08 Primary

  Auctions · CPC title

• G06F16/535

  Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles · CPC title

• G06T7/11

  Region-based segmentation · CPC title