Identifying and tracking digital images with customized metadata
First Claim
1. A method of generating a digital image file, the method comprising:
- receiving a digital image of a subject;
receiving first barcode data;
receiving second barcode data, at least one of the first barcode data and the second barcode data including information identifying the subject in the digital image;
storing the first barcode data and the second barcode data in a plurality of metadata fields in the digital image file, wherein at least some of the first barcode data or the second barcode data are fragmented between metadata fields; and
storing the digital image file in a memory device of a digital camera, wherein the digital image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format.
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Abstract
A method of tracking digital images includes inputting data identifying a subject of an image into a camera, acquiring an image with the camera, and storing the image and the inputted data, as metadata, in an image file when the image is acquired. The method can be implemented using a scanner, a digital camera, and a data processor. The scanner obtains the identifying data and transmits the data to the camera. The camera obtains digital images and embeds the data into digital image files encoding the digital images. The identifying data has a format different from any of the formats processable by the digital camera. The data processor converts the format of the identifying data to one of the plurality of formats processable by the digital camera loads the converted information into the digital camera as metadata.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of generating a digital image file, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital image of a subject; receiving first barcode data; receiving second barcode data, at least one of the first barcode data and the second barcode data including information identifying the subject in the digital image; storing the first barcode data and the second barcode data in a plurality of metadata fields in the digital image file, wherein at least some of the first barcode data or the second barcode data are fragmented between metadata fields; and storing the digital image file in a memory device of a digital camera, wherein the digital image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital image processing system, comprising:
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an image capture device; at least one processing device; and at least one memory device, the at least one memory device storing a program which, when executed by the at least one processing device, causes the at least one processing device to; capture an image with the image capture device; receive first barcode data from a barcode scanner, the first barcode data including information identifying a subject in the image; reformat the first barcode data, thereby generating reformatted first barcode data; store the reformatted first barcode data in a first metadata field in a digital image file; receive second barcode data from the barcode scanner; fragment the second barcode data into at least a first portion and a second portion; reformat the first portion and the second portion, thereby generating a reformatted first portion and a reformatted second portion; store the reformatted first portion in a second metadata field in the digital image file; store the reformatted second portion in a third metadata field in the digital image file; and store the digital image file in the at least one memory device, wherein the digital image file is a single digital data file encoded in the at least one memory device according to a standard digital image file format. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of generating a digital image file of a human subject, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital image of the human subject; receiving first barcode data, the first barcode data including information identifying the human subject in the digital image; reformatting the first barcode data, thereby generating reformatted first barcode data; storing the first barcode data in a first global positioning system (GPS) metadata field in the digital image file; receiving second barcode data, the second barcode data including order-related data; fragmenting the second barcode data into at least a first portion, a second portion and a third portion; reformatting the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion, thereby generating a reformatted first portion, a reformatted second portion, and a reformatted third portion; storing the reformatted first portion in a second GPS metadata field in the digital image file; storing the reformatted second portion in a third GPS metadata field in the digital image file; storing the reformatted third portion in a fourth GPS metadata field in the digital image file; and storing the digital image file in a memory device of a digital camera, wherein the digital image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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