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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Vishal Kondabathini, Lund, SE;
Stellan Nordström, Lund, SE;
Håkan Nygren, Lund, SE;
Steven Guan, Lund, SE;
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Controlling content in a video media stream is presented. The controlling comprises: imaging a scene with a camera () of an electronic device (); detecting, using a face detection function (), one or more faces present in the imaged scene; identifying, using an identity recognition function (), an individual having a face from among the one or more detected faces by determining that the face is a face of an individual having a social relationship on social media with a user of the electronic device (); seeking approval, using an approval function (), from the identified individual to participate in the video media stream; and upon an approval from the identified individual to participate in the video media stream, generating the video media stream, using the camera () of the electronic device (), with the face of the identified individual being visible.