Inventors:
- Menlo Park CA, US
Brett Alden Lavalla - San Carlos CA, US
Jeffrey C. Wieland - Mountain View CA, US
Shaomei Wu - Mountain View CA, US
Yuhang Zhao - Menlo Park CA, US
Lindsay Reynolds - San Carlos CA, US
Matt King - Palo Alto CA, US
International Classification:
G06K 9/00
G06T 11/00
G06F 3/16
H04L 29/08
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes capturing one or more images of a physical environment surrounding the first user; determining that one or more of the images comprises a face; generating a facial image by cropping a region of the image comprising the face; sending instructions to perform facial recognition on the facial image; receiving a name associated with a second user of the online social network, wherein the face is associated with the second user, wherein the first user is represented by a first node on a social graph maintained by the social-networking system and the second user is represented by a second node on the social graph, and the first node and the second node are connected by at least one edge; and providing an audible indication of the name associated with the second user.