Method and Apparatus for Automatically Capturing and Managing Images
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a camera determines whether to acquire an image (e.g., automatically), determines whether to store the acquired image, and determines how to store the acquired image.
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74 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method, comprising:
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acquiring an image; storing the acquired image in a primary memory; determining a rating of the acquired image; storing the acquired image in a secondary memory based on the rating and transmitting the acquired image to a second device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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3. A camera, comprising:
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means for acquiring an image; means for storing the acquired image in a primary memory; means for determining a rating of the acquired image;
means for storing the acquired image in a secondary memory based on the rating; and
means for transmitting the acquired image to a second device. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computer readable medium storing instructions configured to direct a processor to:
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acquire an image; store the acquired image in a primary memory; determine a rating of the acquired image; store the acquired image in a secondary memory based on the rating; and transmit the acquired image to a second device. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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