Automated group photograph composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018077344-A1
Application number	US-201615260395-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2016
Priority date	Sep 9, 2016
Publication date	Mar 15, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Aspects identify one or more persons appearing within a photographic image framing of a camera viewfinder. A geographic location is determined for an additional person related to such identified persons, wherein the additional person is located within a specified proximity range to the identified persons but does not appear within the photographic image framing. In response to determining that a relationship of the additional person to a person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person, aspects recommend that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing prior to acquisition of image data by the camera from the photographic image framing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method for the automatic composition of group photograph framings as a function of relationship data, comprising executing on a computer processor the steps of:
identifying a person appearing to a user via a viewfinder of a camera within a photographic image framing for acquisition of image data by the camera; determining a geographic location of an additional person who is related to the person identified within the photographic image framing, wherein the additional person does not appear to the user within the photographic image framing, and the determined geographic location of the additional person is within a specified proximity range to a geographic location of the person identified within the photographic image framing; and in response to determining that a relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person, recommending that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing prior to acquisition of image data by the camera from the photographic image framing.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining that the relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person is selected from the group consisting of:
identifying that the additional person is related by family to the person identified within the image framing; and identifying that the additional person and the person identified within the image framing each have ages within a specified age range.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of recommending that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing is selected from the group consisting of displaying a text content message to the user via a display of the viewfinder, generating an audio prompt to the user, sending a text message to the user, and sending a text message to the additional person.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
defining the specified proximity range as a function of projected travel time for relocation of the additional person to the geographic location of the person identified within the photographic image framing.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the person identified within the photographic image framing is one of a plurality of persons that are each identified within the photographic image framing, the method further comprising:
in response to determining that an attribute of a relationship between first and second persons of the persons identified within the image framing indicates that the first person should be excluded from photographic image data that includes the second person, recommending removal of the first person from the photographic image framing prior to acquisition of image data by the camera from the photographic image framing.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining that the relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person comprises:
determining that the additional person appears with the person identified within the image framing within a threshold frequency percentage of historic picture data.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the historic picture data is acquired from locations associated with an activity that is associated with the geographic location of the person identified within the photographic image framing.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
integrating computer-readable program code into a computer system comprising a processor, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable program code is embodied on the computer readable storage medium and comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor via the computer readable memory, cause the processor to perform the steps of identifying the person appearing to the user via the camera viewfinder within the photographic image framing for acquisition of image data by the camera, determining the geographic location of the additional person, and recommending that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing prior to acquisition of image data by the camera from the photographic image framing in response to determining that the relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the computer-readable program code is provided as a service in a cloud environment.

10 . A system, comprising:
a processor; a computer readable memory in circuit communication with the processor; and a computer readable storage medium in circuit communication with the processor; wherein the processor executes program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby: identifies a person appearing to a user via a viewfinder of a camera within a photographic image framing for acquisition of image data by the camera; determines a geographic location of an additional person who is related to the person identified within the photographic image framing, wherein the additional person does not appear to the user within the photographic image framing, and the determined geographic location of the additional person is within a specified proximity range to a geographic location of the person identified within the photographic image framing; and in response to determining that a relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person, recommends that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing prior to acquisition of image data by the camera from the photographic image framing.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor executes the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby determines that the relationship of the additional person to the person identified within the image framing indicates that the additional person should be included within photographic images of the identified person by a determination selected from the group consisting of:
identifying that the additional person is related by family to the person identified within the image framing; and identifying that the additional person and the person identified within the image framing each have ages within a specified age range:

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor executes the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby recommends that the additional person be added to the photographic image framing via an action selected from the group consisting of displaying a text content message to the user via a display of the viewfinder, generating an audio prompt to the user, sending a text message to the user, and sending a text message to the additional person.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor executes the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby defines the specified proximity range as a function of projected tr

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bostick James E
• Ganci Jr John M
• Keen Martin G
• Rakshit Sarbajit K

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/611 Primary

  where the recognised objects include parts of the human body · CPC title

• H04N23/64 Primary

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N5/23219 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/23293

  Electricity · mapped topic