Method and system of creating photo vignettes

• US 20050225647A1
• Filed: 04/09/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Gossweiler, Richard III, Tyler, Joshua R., Goddi, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US10/822,110
• Publication Number:
  US 20050225647A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/55 Clustering; Classification
• 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 1/00129 with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00196 Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum H04N1/0019 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/328 Processing of the additional information

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention pertains to a method of creating photo vignettes. In one embodiment, the present invention accesses digitized photos. In the embodiment, the present invention also accesses photo-clustering parameters. The present embodiment then clusters the photos to obtain digitized photo vignettes, based on the photo-clustering parameters.

Claims

1. A method of creating photo vignettes, said method comprising:

accessing digitized photos;

accessing photo-clustering parameters; and

clustering said digitized photos in accordance with said photo-clustering parameters to obtain digitized photo vignettes.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a photo-distribution parameter; and

enabling selective distribution of said digitized photo vignettes in accordance with said photo-distribution parameter.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein said photo-distribution parameter is selected from the group consisting essentially of:

the time when said digitized photos were taken, the geographic location at which the digitized photos were taken, the camera used to take said digitized photos, the camera'"'"'s position relative to the subject mater of said digitized photos, a specified subject matter of said digitized photos, the person who produced said digitized photos, a receiver of said digitized photo vignettes, and the confidentiality classification of the subject matter of said digitized photos.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said photo-clustering parameter is selected from the group consisting essentially of:

the time when said digitized photos were taken, the geographic location at which the digitized photos were taken, the camera used to take said digitized photos, the camera'"'"'s position relative to the subject mater of said digitized photos, a specified subject matter of said digitized photos, the person who produced said digitized photos, a receiver of said digitized photo vignettes, and the confidentiality classification of the subject matter of said digitized photos.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said digitized photos are obtained by using a photo-acquisition device selected from the group consisting essentially of:

a digitized cell-phone camera, a video camera, a computer camera, a Personal Digital Assistant, a conventional camera, an existing repository, and a photo scanner camera.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

annotating at least a portion of said digitized photo vignettes with meta data pertaining to said digitized photo vignettes.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, comprising a digital storage device including a CD, a diskette, a video cassette, electronic mail and a digital memory device.

7. A system for inducing acquisition of photo images, said system comprising:

a photo-accessor for accessing photo images;

a photo-clusterer for clustering said photo images to obtain digitized photo vignettes; and

a photo-distributor for enabling selective distribution of said digitized photo vignettes such that a user is enabled to freely acquire said photo images and have said photo images automatically clustered into said digitized photo vignettes for selective distribution.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a media repository for storing said photo images and said digitized photo vignettes.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said photo-accessor is configured to access digitized photo images acquired from a photo-acquisition device selected from the group consisting essentially of:

a digitized cell-phone camera, a video camera, a computer camera, a Personal Digital Assistant, a conventional camera, an existing repository, and a photo scanner.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein said photo-distributor comprises a digitized photo presentation module.

11. A computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored therein, said instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method of creating photo vignettes, said method comprising:

accessing digitized photos;

accessing photo-clustering parameters; and

clustering said digitized photos in accordance with said photo-clustering parameters to obtain digitized photo vignettes.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein said method further comprises:

accessing a photo-distribution parameter; and

enabling selective distribution of said digitized photo vignettes in accordance with said photo-distribution parameter.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein said photograph-distribution parameter is selected from the group consisting essentially of:

the time when said digitized photos were taken, the geographic location at which the digitized photos were taken, the camera used to take said digitized photos, the camera'"'"'s position relative to the subject mater of said digitized photos, a specified subject matter of said digitized photos, the person who produced said digitized photos, a receiver of said digitized photo vignettes, and the confidentiality classification of the subject matter of said digitized photos.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein said photo-clustering parameter is selected from the group consisting essentially of:

the time when said digitized photos were taken, the geographic location at which the digitized photos were taken, the camera used to take said digitized photos, the camera'"'"'s position relative to the subject mater of said digitized photos, a specified subject matter of said digitized photos, the person who produced said digitized photos, a receiver of said digitized photo vignettes, and the confidentiality classification of the subject matter of said digitized photos.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein said photo images are obtained by using a photo-acquisition device selected from the group consisting essentially of:

a digitized cell-phone camera, a video camera, a computer camera, a Personal Digital Assistant, a conventional camera, an existing repository, and a photo scanner camera.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein said method further comprises:

annotating at least a portion of said digitized photo vignettes with meta data pertaining to said digitized photo vignettes.