Patent Document ID: 9406136
Application ID: 14322309
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An information processing device comprising: an imaging unit; a storage unit configured to store a registered face image of an owner of the information processing device in association with the information processing device, and to store a face image of each of at least one person excluding the owner in association with the communication device owned by each of the at least one person; an identification unit configured to detect face images of a plurality of persons being included in an image imaged by the imaging unit and to identify, with reference to the registered face images stored in the storage unit, the person corresponding to the detected face image; and a decision unit configured to decide, among the identified persons identified by the identification unit, one person from the persons who are not the owner of the information processing device as a receiver who owns a communication device that is to be a communication counterpart of the information processing device, based on a difference between the owner of the information processing device and the other identified persons, the difference is defined based on a distance from the imaging unit to each of the identified persons, an area of the face image of each of the identified persons, illuminance of the face image of the identified persons, or a direction of the face image of the identified persons.