Generation of metadata for acquired images
First Claim
1. A method, in a computer system, for generating metadata based upon data contained within image information provided by an image capture device, the image information including image data suitable for processing by an image display application program to render a displayed image, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by a data transfer interface, image information responsive to a request to acquire image data;
analyzing, by an image data analysis component associated with an image acquisition service, the acquired image information to render at least one new metadata value for the image information;
integrating the at least one new metadata value with the acquired image information;
receiving a request to acquire image data, wherein the image data is rendered by an image capture device; and
forwarding the request to acquire image data to the data transfer interface.
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Abstract
A method and image data acquisition service arrangement are disclosed that facilitate standardizing the process of adding metadata to acquired image information downloaded from a connected image capture device to a computer system. An image acquisition service analyzes image information downloaded from the image capture device and renders new metadata values based upon applied analytical algorithms/filters. Thereafter, the image information and new metadata are rendered available to other processes that use the image information and new metadata.
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5 Claims
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1. A method, in a computer system, for generating metadata based upon data contained within image information provided by an image capture device, the image information including image data suitable for processing by an image display application program to render a displayed image, the method comprising:
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acquiring, by a data transfer interface, image information responsive to a request to acquire image data;
analyzing, by an image data analysis component associated with an image acquisition service, the acquired image information to render at least one new metadata value for the image information;
integrating the at least one new metadata value with the acquired image information;
receiving a request to acquire image data, wherein the image data is rendered by an image capture device; and
forwarding the request to acquire image data to the data transfer interface. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for facilitating the generation of metadata based upon data contained within image information provided by an image capture device, the image information including image data suitable for processing by an image display application program to render a displayed image, the computer executable instructions facilitating performing a set of steps comprising:
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invoking acquisition, by a data transfer interface, of image information in response to a request to acquire image data;
analyzing, by an image data analysis component associated with an image acquisition service, the acquired image information to render at least one new metadata value for the image information;
integrating the at least one new metadata value with the acquired image information;
receiving a request to acquire image data, wherein the image data is rendered by an image capture device; and
forwarding the request to acquire image data to the data transfer interface. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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