System and method for organizing digital images

• US 20030218624A1
• Filed: 05/22/2002
• Published: 11/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Quintana, Angelica, Ziemkowski, Ted
• Application Number:
  US10/153,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20030218624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3247 Data linking a set of images to one another, e.g. sequence, burst or continuous capture mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

A system and method of organizing a plurality of digital images captured by an image capture device is disclosed. The method comprises associating each of the plurality of digital images with respective ones of a plurality of labels in response to a user activating a labeling button disposed on the image capture device and transferring the plurality of digital images to a plurality of folders of a host system based at least in part on the plurality of labels associated therewith, wherein digital images with identical labels are transferred to the same folder of the plurality of folders.

Claims

1. A method of labeling a digital image in an image capture device, comprising:

receiving a label to be associated with the digital image in response to a user input; and

associating said digital image with said label in response to said user activating a labeling button disposed on said image capture device, said associating comprising;

storing said label in a label file; and

storing information associating said label to said digital image in said label file.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a plurality of predefined labels to said user; and

selecting, by said user, said label from said plurality of predefined labels.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving further comprises receiving a label from a host system to said image capture device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving further comprises receiving a user-defined default label.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising capturing said digital image.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising capturing said digital image after receiving the label in response to said user activating a shutter button disposed on said image capture device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing said digital image in a storage medium.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing said label file in a storage medium.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying said digital image on a display disposed on said image capture device prior to said associating step.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a label menu on a display disposed on said image capture device in response to a request for said label menu by said user.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving said label in response to selection from said label menu by said user.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a plurality of user-defined labels from a host system.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising creating a label menu from said plurality of user-defined labels.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying said menu of labels on a display disposed on said image capture device.

15. A method of organizing a plurality of digital images captured by an image capture device, comprising:

associating each of said plurality of digital images with respective ones of a plurality of labels in response to a user activating a labeling button disposed on said image capture device; and

transferring said plurality of digital images to a plurality of folders of a host system based at least in part on said plurality of labels associated therewith, wherein digital images with identical labels are transferred to the same folder of said plurality of folders.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein associating each of said plurality of digital images comprises:

storing a label of said plurality of labels in a label file; and

storing information associating a digital image of said plurality of digital images to said label in said label file in response to said activation of said labeling button by said user.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein transferring said plurality of digital images comprises:

storing said plurality of digital images and said plurality of labels into a removable storage medium;

inserting said removable storage medium into a drive coupled to said host system; and

transferring said plurality of digital images from said removable storage medium to said plurality of folders.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein transferring said plurality of digital images comprises:

storing said plurality of digital images into a storage medium of said image capture device;

coupling said image capture device to said host system; and

transferring said plurality of digital images from said storage medium of said image capture device to said plurality of folders.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein transferring said plurality of digital images further comprises for each of said plurality of digital images to be transferred:

determining a folder in said host system for transferring a digital image of said plurality of digital images; and

copying said digital image to said folder.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining said folder in said host system comprises:

retrieving a label of said plurality of labels from a label file for said digital image; and

designating a folder of said plurality of folders corresponding to said retrieved label for receipt of a copy of said digital image.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising automatically creating said folder corresponding to said retrieved label.

22. An image capture device, comprising:

a display operable to present a label menu to a user, said label menu comprising a plurality of labels, each of said plurality of labels being selectable by said user; and

a labeling button operable to associate a selected label of said plurality of labels with a digital image in response to being activated by said user.

23. The image capture device of claim 22, further comprising a storage medium for storing said plurality of labels and said digital image.

24. The image capture device of claim 23, wherein said storage medium comprises a removable storage medium.

25. The image capture device of claim 22, further comprising a toggle button operable to toggle said image capture device between a record mode and a review mode.

26. The image capture device of claim 22, further comprising a shutter button operable to capture said digital image in response to being activated by said user.

27. A method for labeling a digital image in an image capture device, comprising:

selecting a label based at least in part on a user input;

capturing said digital image in response to a user input; and

associating said digital image with said label, said associating comprising;

storing said label in a label file; and

storing information associating said label to said digital image in said label file.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein said selecting further comprises selecting said label in response to a user activating a labeling button disposed on said image capture device.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein said selecting further comprises selecting said label from a label menu displayed on a display of said image capture device.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein said selecting further comprises selecting said label prior to said capturing said digital image.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein said capturing further comprises capturing said digital image in response to a user activating a shutter button disposed on said image capture device.