Patent ID: 9727312
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06Q,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of effecting a display of a sequence of images, the method comprising: selecting, by a device, a sequence of images; effecting the display of a current image from the sequence of images in a first area of a display, wherein the current image is the only image from the sequence of images to be displayed during a display period; selecting, by the device, a subset of the sequence of images that are to be displayed subsequent to the current image to form a plurality of analysis window images; determining updated subject information from the plurality of analysis window images, the updated subject information comprising subject representations of those subjects appearing in the plurality of analysis window images and subject prominence scores, each subject prominence score determined as a function of a face size ratio value and a zone value for a subject face appearing in one or more analysis window images, wherein the face size ratio value is determined as a function of an area of the subject face and a total image area, and wherein the zone value is determined as a function of a zone in which the subject face appears; sorting the subject representations by their corresponding subject prominence scores; and effecting the display of the updated subject information in a second area of the display contemporaneously with the current image.