Automatic generation of metadata for a digital image based on ambient conditions
US8842197B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3253
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system is provided for automatically generating metadata for a digital image based on ambient conditions. Aspects of the preferred embodiment include determining a plurality of ambient conditions associated with a location of a subject of a digital image captured with a mobile image capture device, the ambient conditions existing at a time related to a time of capture of the digital image; aggregating the plurality of ambient conditions into at least one ambient environment descriptor based on user-definable aggregation rules; and associating the ambient environment descriptor with the digital image as metadata.
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