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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Kang Kim, Seoul, KR;
Min-Kyu Park, Seoul, KR;
Yongwoo Cho, Seoul, KR;
Kyu Woong Hwang, Taejon, KR;
Duck-Hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, performed in an electronic device, for connecting to a target device is disclosed. The method includes capturing an image including a face of a target person associated with the target device and recognizing an indication of the target person. The indication of the target person may be a pointing object, a speech command, and/or any suitable input command. The face of the target person in the image is detected based on the indication and at least one facial feature of the face in the image is extracted. Based on the at least one facial feature, the electronic device is connected to the target device.