Producing enhanced photographic products from images captured at known picture sites
First Claim
1. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
- a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites, said content including image content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites;
a processor for relating the captured images to the locations of picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
a product generator for generating enhanced image products by combining the image content pertaining to the picture sites with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product.
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Abstract
A photographic system is described for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer. The system includes (a) a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites; (b) a camera for capturing images of the picture sites; (c) a processor for relating the captured images to the locations of picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, where the processor uses the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and (d) a product generator for generating enhanced image products. In one embodiment, the data base contains stock images pertaining to the picture sites and the product generator combines the stock images pertaining to the content of the picture sites with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product.
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69 Claims
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1. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites, said content including image content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites;
a processor for relating the captured images to the locations of picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
a product generator for generating enhanced image products by combining the image content pertaining to the picture sites with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites, wherein the camera includes a processor for relating the captured images to locations of the picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor using the locations of the images to access selected information in the database pertaining to the content of the picture sites; and
a product generator for generating enhanced image products from the images by utilizing the selected content pertaining to the picture sites. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites;
a processor for relating the captured images to locations of the picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
a product generator for generating enhanced image products from the images by utilizing the selected content pertaining to the picture sites to automatically adjust the images, thereby modifying pictorial content or representation of the images. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites, said content including reference images pertaining to the pictorial content of the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites;
a processor including an image analysis algorithm for relating the captured images to the pictorial content of one or more of the reference images, thereby identifying locations of the captured images;
said processor using the locations of the captured images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
a product generator for generating enhanced image products from the captured images by utilizing the selected content pertaining to the picture sites.
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25. A photographic method for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing content pertaining to the picture sites, said content including stock images pertaining to the picture sites;
capturing images of the picture sites;
relating the images to locations of the picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images;
using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
generating enhanced image products by combining the stock images pertaining to the content of the picture sites with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A photographic method for producing enhanced products from pictures captured by a camera capable of identifying one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing content pertaining to the picture sites;
capturing images of the picture sites;
relating the images to locations of the picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images;
using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
generating enhanced image products from the images by utilizing the selected content pertaining to the picture sites to adjust the images, thereby modifying pictorial content of the images.
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28. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures captured by a camera capable of identifying one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites, said content including reference images pertaining to pictorial content of the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites;
a processor including an image analysis algorithm for relating the images to the pictorial content of one or more of the reference images, thereby identifying locations of the images;
using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
generating enhanced image products from the images by utilizing the selected content pertaining to the picture sites.
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29. A recording device for use in gathering meta data associated with images captured by a camera, said meta data provided by one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said device comprising:
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means for attaching the recording device to the camera;
a communication device for communicating with the picture site and receiving the meta data from the picture site;
a memory for storing the meta data; and
means for synchronizing the storage of the meta data with an image captured by the camera. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites;
a processor for relating the captured images to the locations of picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites;
a photofinishing system for generating an image bearing product from the captured images; and
a product generator utilizing the selected content pertaining to the picture sites to generate a sticker having the selected content printed thereon, said sticker being attached to the back of the image bearing product of a corresponding image. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing a library of stored content, including images, pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images at a particular picture site location and for recording date/time information with the images;
a recording device carried by the photographer for recording date/time and location information;
a processor for correlating the date/time information recorded by the camera and the recording device in order to relate the location information to the captured images and to a subset of stored content, including images, in the library that pertain to the particular picture site location, said processor processing the subset of stored content, including images, and the captured images to identify the stored content of the picture site that is shown in the captured images; and
a product generator for generating an enhanced image product by associating the identified stored content of the picture site with the captured images to generate a new image product. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A photographic method for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing a library of images pertaining to content of the picture sites;
capturing images at a particular picture site location with a camera and recording date/time information with the images;
recording date/time and location information with a recording device separate from the camera;
correlating the date/time information recorded by the camera and the recording device in order to relate the captured images to a subset of images in the library that pertain to the particular picture site location;
processing the subset of stored images and the captured images to identify the content of the picture site that is shown in the captured images; and
generating an enhanced image product by associating the identified stored content of the picture site with the captured images to generate a new image product. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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49. A photographic method for producing enhanced products from pictures captured at one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a library of stock images representing different photographic views captured from the known picture sites, the stock images containing recognizable objects associated with the picture sites, said library further including information pertaining to the content of the picture sites and to location coordinates for the picture sites;
(b) capturing images at one or more of the known picture sites, and storing the captured images along with a date/time of capture;
(c) determining location coordinates while capturing the images, and storing the location coordinates along with a date/time of their reception;
(d) using the date/times from steps (b) and (c) to relate the stored location coordinates with the captured images, thereby associating a location coordinate with each captured image;
(e) using the location coordinates for a captured image and for the picture sites to identify one or more stock images from a particular picture site that relates to a captured image;
(f) processing the captured image and the stock images to identify recognizable objects in the captured images that match up with recognizable objects in one or more stock images, thereby identifying the picture site that matches up with the captured image; and
(g) providing enhanced image products by combining the content information from the database with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51)
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52. A photographic method for producing enhanced products from pictures captured at one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a database of information pertaining to the content of the picture sites and to global positioning system (GPS) coordinates for the picture sites;
(b) capturing images at one or more of the known picture sites, and storing the captured images along with date/time of capture;
(c) receiving a stream of GPS coordinates while capturing the images, and storing the stream of GPS coordinates along with date/time of their reception;
(d) using the date/time from steps (b) and (c) to relate the stored stream of GPS coordinates with the captured images, thereby associating a GPS coordinate with each captured image;
(e) using the GPS coordinates for the captured images and for the picture sites to identify the particular picture site that relates to a captured image; and
(f) providing enhanced image products by using the content information from the database with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product.
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53. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing a library of stored content referenced to the locations of the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images at a plurality of picture sites and for recording date/time information with the images;
a recording device for recording date/time and location information;
a processor for correlating the date/time information recorded by the camera and the recording device in order to relate the location information to the captured images and to a plurality of picture sites in the database corresponding to the captured images, said processor using the locations of the plurality of picture sites to interpolate an estimated location relative to the plurality of picture sites, and thereby identify stored content in the database associated with the estimated location; and
a product generator for generating an enhanced image product by associating the identified stored content of the estimated location with the captured images to generate a new image product. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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55. A method for producing enhanced products from pictures of known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing content referenced to the locations of the picture sites;
(b) capturing images at a plurality of picture sites and recording date/time information with the images;
(c) recording date/time and location information;
(d) correlating the date/time information recorded in steps (b) and (c) in order to relate the location information to the captured images and to the plurality of stored picture sites corresponding to the captured images, (e) using the locations of the plurality of stored picture sites to interpolate an estimated location relative to the plurality of picture sites, and thereby identify stored content in the database associated with the estimated location; and
(f) generating an enhanced image product by associating the identified stored content of the estimated location with the captured images to generate a new image product. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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57. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites;
a processor for relating the captured images to the locations of picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites;
a product generator for generating enhanced image products by combining the content pertaining to the picture sites with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product; and
a display for displaying the image product to the photographer with one or more choices for modification to the new image product appropriate for the identified location of the image.
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58. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites, wherein the camera includes a display and a processor for relating the captured images to locations of the picture sites, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor (a) using the locations of the images to access selected information in the database pertaining to the content of the picture sites and (b) offering to the photographer a choice on the display of location specific enhanced image products, thereby enabling one or more chosen enhanced image products; and
a product generator for generating the one or more chosen enhanced image products from the images by utilizing the selected content pertaining to the picture sites. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61)
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62. A photographic system for producing enhanced products from pictures of one or more known picture sites situated at predetermined locations and representing content of interest to a photographer, said system comprising:
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a database containing content pertaining to the picture sites;
a camera for capturing images of the picture sites, said camera incorporated into a cellular telephone;
a processor for relating the captured images to the locations of picture sites by triangulating between cell phone towers positioned at known locations, thereby identifying locations of the images, said processor using the locations of the images to access selected content in the database pertaining to the picture sites; and
a product generator for generating enhanced image products by combining the content pertaining to the picture sites with the captured images of the picture sites to generate a new image product.
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- 63. A single use camera including a short range transmitter for transmitting data identifying the camera.
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