Associating geographic location information to digital objects for editing

• US 20080229248A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Fagans, Joshua, Gilley, Greg
• Application Number:
  US11/760,684
• Publication Number:
  US 20080229248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• 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 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data

Abstract

A computer implemented method can include displaying, within a user interface, a view pane having a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, displaying, within the view pane, a poster frame represented by a bounded region, the poster frame representing a container, the container comprising several objects, wherein each object has an associated location identifier, and grouping two or more objects determined to be in sufficient proximity based on comparing the associated location identifiers of the grouped objects.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying, within a user interface, a view pane having a vertical direction and a horizontal direction;

displaying, within the view pane, a poster frame represented by a bounded region, the poster frame representing a container, the container comprising a plurality of objects, wherein each object has an associated location identifier; and

grouping two or more objects determined to be in sufficient proximity based on comparing the associated location identifiers of the grouped objects.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein an object represents a digital image.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the grouping is performed in response to user input.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein each object is captured using a device.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the location identifier is associated with the object before the object is captured.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the location identifier is associated with the object after the object is captured.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the associated location identifier is altered based on user input.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the location identifier is obtained from a global positioning system.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the location identifier includes at least one of latitude and longitude.

10. A medium bearing instructions to enable one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

displaying, within a user interface, a view pane having a vertical direction and a horizontal direction;

displaying, within the view pane, a poster frame represented by a bounded region, the poster frame representing a container, the container comprising a plurality of objects, wherein each object has an associated location identifier; and

grouping two or more objects determined to be in sufficient proximity based on comparing the associated location identifiers of the grouped objects.

11. The medium of claim 10 wherein an object represents a digital image.

12. The medium of claim 10 wherein the grouping is performed in response to user input.

13. The medium of claim 10 wherein each object is captured using a device.

14. The medium of claim 11 wherein the location identifier is associated with the object before the object is captured.

15. The medium of claim 11 wherein the location identifier is associated with the object after the object is captured.

16. The medium of claim 10 wherein the associated location identifier is altered based on user input.

17. The medium of claim 10 wherein the location identifier is obtained from a global positioning system.

18. The medium of claim 10 wherein the location identifier includes at least one of latitude and longitude.

20. The method of claim 10 wherein the digital imaging device includes at least one of a digital image camera and a digital video camera.

21. The method of claim 10 wherein receiving geographic information from the remote source comprises receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) information from an orbiting satellite.

22. The method of claim 10 wherein receiving geographic information from the remote source comprises receiving signals from a terrestrial-based system.

23. The method of claim 13 wherein the terrestrial-based system includes one or more of a Long Range Navigation (LORAN) system and a cellular telephone network.

24. The method of claim 10 wherein receiving geographic information from the remote source comprises receiving information from a human user.

25. The method of claim 10 wherein the digital image object comprises at least one of a digital photograph and a digital video.

34. The method of claim 17 wherein the geographic location information for a digital image object is contained within the digital image object.

35. The method of claim 17 wherein the digital image object comprises at least one of a digital photograph and a digital video.

36. The method of claim 17 further comprising applying a common image processing operation to all digital image objects within a same group.

37. The method of claim 20 wherein the common image processing operation comprises one or more of viewing, editing, moving, filtering, and storing.

38. The method of claim 17 further comprising comparing respective geographic location information associated with two digital image objects to determine if the two digital image objects were captured at respective locations sufficiently close to be deemed the substantially same location.

19. A computer-implemented method performed by a digital imaging device, the method comprising:

receiving from a remote source geographic location information relating to a location of the digital imaging device; and

associating the received geographic location information with one or more digital image objects captured by the digital imaging device at or near a location at which the geographic location information was received from the remote source.

26. A medium bearing instructions to enable one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

receiving from a remote source geographic location information relating to a location of the digital imaging device; and

associating the received geographic location information with one or more digital image objects captured by the digital imaging device at or near a location at which the geographic location information was received from the remote source.

27. The medium of claim 26 wherein the digital imaging device includes at least one of a digital image camera and a digital video camera.

28. The medium of claim 26 wherein receiving geographic information from the remote source comprises receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) information from an orbiting satellite.

29. The medium of claim 26 wherein receiving geographic information from the remote source comprises receiving signals from a terrestrial-based system.

30. The medium of claim 29 wherein the terrestrial-based system includes one or more of a Long Range Navigation (LORAN) system and a cellular telephone network.

31. The medium of claim 26 wherein receiving geographic information from the remote source comprises receiving information from a human user.

32. The medium of claim 26 wherein the digital image object comprises at least one of a digital photograph and a digital video.

33. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving information including one or more digital image objects and geographic location information associated with one or more of the digital image objects; and

grouping together two or more digital image objects having associated geographic location information indicating that the two or more digital image objects were captured at or near a substantially same location.

39. A medium bearing instructions to enable one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

receiving information including one or more digital image objects and geographic location information associated with one or more of the digital image objects; and

grouping together two or more digital image objects having associated geographic location information indicating that the two or more digital image objects were captured at or near a substantially same location.

40. The medium of claim 39 wherein the geographic location information for a digital image object is contained within the digital image object.

41. The medium of claim 39 wherein the digital image object comprises at least one of a digital photograph and a digital video.

42. The medium of claim 39 further comprising applying a common image processing operation to all digital image objects within a same group.

43. The medium of claim 42 wherein the common image processing operation comprises one or more of viewing, editing, moving, filtering, and storing.

44. The medium of claim 39 further comprising comparing respective geographic location information associated with two digital image objects to determine if the two digital image objects were captured at respective locations sufficiently close to be deemed the substantially same location.