Patent ID: 8422735
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06K,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device, comprising: a first storage module to store representative images, each representative image including a face of an identified person; an imaging module to generate images; a second storage module to store the generated images as a plurality of scenes; and a processor in electronic communication with the first storage module, the imaging module, and the second storage module to detect persons included in the plurality of scenes, to compare the detected persons in the plurality of scenes to the representative images stored in the first storage module, so as to identify the detected persons, to detect scenes from the plurality of scenes by determining which of the plurality of scenes include at least one of the detected identified persons, and to control the second storage module to store information linking the at least one of the detected identified persons included in the detected scenes with the detected scenes, along with the generated images, the processor to provide a list of persons appearing in the plurality of scenes so that if at least one of the persons is selected from the list of persons, the processor edits the generated images that include the selected person, using information about the detected scenes.