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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 21, 2012
Takeshi Tanigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Keiko Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mayu Irimajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Muramatsu, Saitama, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Matsuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoharu Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Tanigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Keiko Hiraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mayu Irimajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Muramatsu, Saitama, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Matsuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoharu Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Automatically preparing communications for transmission by a mobile terminal device. In one example, this includes storing contact information including personal contacts and associated address and face image information. A face image is extracted from within a still image content to obtain an extracted face image. The extracted face image is linked to a given personal contact among the personal contacts by finding a match corresponding to the extracted face image among previously extracted face images found in the stored contact information. The given personal contact is correlated to address information using the contact information, and a message is automatically prepared for transmission to the given personal contact using the address information.