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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sarah A. Kong, Cupertino, CA (US);

Chih-Yao Hsieh, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/2187 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/00295 (2013.01); H04N 1/00244 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract

Automated sharing of digital images is described. In example implementations, a computing device, such as a smart phone, captures a digital image depicting multiple faces of multiple persons included in the digital image. The computing device is capable of automatically distributing a copy of the digital image to the subjects of the digital image. To do so, a digital image sharing module determines a person identifier using facial detection and recognition. The person identifier, which can be derived from facial characteristics, is used to search a contact information database and find a matching entry. The matching entry includes contact information associated with the person in the digital image. The sharing module transmits a copy of the digital image to the person using the contact information. The digital image sharing module can also display a sharing status indicator indicative of whether the digital image can be, or has been, transmitted automatically.


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