Conditional alteration of a saved image

• US 20060274165A1
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,191,611 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.600
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00818 wherein the usage restriction limits the signal quality, e.g. by low-pass filtering of audio signals or by reducing the resolution of video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3287 Storage of at least one complete document page or image frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3295 Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3298 Checking or indicating the storage space
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding

Abstract

Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a device includes a user-accessible digital storage medium, and a storage medium manager module. The storage manager module includes a storage manager module operable to save a digital image in a form in the user-accessible digital storage medium, and then alter the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

saving a digital image in a form and in a user-accessible storage medium; and

altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

compressing the saved digital image if a condition is met.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

reducing a resolution of the saved digital image if a condition is met.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

reducing a resolution of the saved digital image sufficiently to meet a preselected objective if a condition is met.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

aggregating the saved digital image with another digital image if a condition is met.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

archiving the saved digital image to another user-accessible storage medium.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

deleting the saved digital image if a condition is met.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

cropping the saved digital image if a condition is met.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

transferring the saved digital image to another user-accessible storage medium if a condition is met.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

altering the form of the saved digital image if the saved digital image includes a presence of a selected subject.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

altering the form of the saved digital image if the saved digital image does not include a presence of a selected subject.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

altering the form of the saved digital image if the saved digital image includes a selected subject having a presence in at least one other digital image saved in the digital storage medium.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

altering the form of the saved digital image if the saved digital image includes a selected subject absent from at least one other digital image saved in the user-accessible storage medium.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition corresponding to a user-selected objective is met.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the saving a digital image in a form and in a user-accessible medium includes

saving a digital image acquired at a first time in a form and in a user-accessible storage medium;

and

the altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met includes

altering the form of the saved digital image acquired at a first time if the saved digital image includes a presence of a selected subject also having a presence in at least one other digital image saved in the user-accessible storage medium and acquired within a preselected time of the first time.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

further altering the form of the saved digital image if another condition is met.

17. A device comprising:

a user-accessible digital storage medium; and

a storage medium manager module operable to;

save a digital image in a form and in the user-accessible digital storage medium; and

alter the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the storage medium manager module operable to save a digital image in a form and in the user-accessible digital storage medium includes

a storage medium manager module operable to save a digital image of a real-world event in a form in the user-accessible digital storage medium.

19. The device of claim 17, wherein the user-accessible digital storage medium includes a user-accessible digital storage medium associated with a digital camera operable to capture the digital image.

20. The device of claim 17, wherein the device further comprises a processing unit.

21. The device of claim 17, wherein the storage medium manager module further includes a storage medium manager module operable to provide the altered form of the saved digital image.

22. A computer program product, comprising:

(a) program instructions operable to perform a process in a computing device, the process comprising;

saving a digital image in a form and in a user-accessible storage medium; and

altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met; and

(b) a computer-readable signal-bearing medium bearing the program instructions.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the process further comprises

providing the altered form of the saved image.

24. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer-readable signal-bearing medium bearing the program instructions includes

a communications medium bearing the program instructions.

25. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer-readable signal-bearing medium bearing the program instructions includes

a communications medium bearing the program instructions.

26. A device comprising:

means for saving a digital image in a form in the digital storage medium; and

means for altering the form of the saved digital image if a condition is met.