Automatic location identification and categorization of digital photographs
First Claim
1. An automatic categorization arrangement for use with a digital camera having images and associated image data stored therein, the arrangement comprising:
- a computer station;
a network connected to the computer station; and
an image processing service connected to the network, wherein the image processing service further comprises a specific location processing module configured to automatically identify, categorize, and label the stored images based on a specific location where the image was captured.
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Abstract
The invention is a system for automatically categorizing images from a user. The user may take images with a digital camera with image data stored along with the images. The image data may include location and times data. The location data may be provided through an installed GPS module. The user may transfer the images and image data to an image processing service. The image processing service may include a location database for pinpointing the specific or precise location that the image was captured. The image data may be used to categorize the images. Categorization may be configured in a user requested hierarchal organization scheme. Once the images are categorized, the picture processing service may present that information to the user in web page format.
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20 Claims
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1. An automatic categorization arrangement for use with a digital camera having images and associated image data stored therein, the arrangement comprising:
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a computer station;
a network connected to the computer station; and
an image processing service connected to the network, wherein the image processing service further comprises a specific location processing module configured to automatically identify, categorize, and label the stored images based on a specific location where the image was captured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for categorizing images stored in a digital camera using a categorizing arrangement, the method comprising:
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downloading the stored images and associated image data into the categorizing arrangement;
identifying specific locations where images were captured; and
categorizing and labeling the images based on the specific locations where the images were captured. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An automatic image categorization system, the system comprising:
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a computer station;
a digital camera connectable to the computer station, the digital camera having images and associated image data stored therein;
a network connected to the computer station; and
an image processing service connected to the network, wherein the image processing service comprises a specific location processor configured to identify and categorize the images based on the specific location where the image was captured. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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