CAMERA DATA MANAGEMENT AND USER INTERFACE APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

• US 20090322893A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Zafar, Shadman, Stallings, Heath, Hwang, Sok Y.
• Granted Patent: US 8,477,228 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00159 for sharing images without access restriction, e.g. publishing images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00427 using a menu list H04N1/00421, H04N1/00424, H04N1/00429 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• 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 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00472 using a pop-up window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2166 for mass storage, e.g. in document filing systems information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

In certain embodiments, a graphical user interface (“GUI”) including a live camera sensor view is displayed and, in response to the capture of a camera image, an image manager pane is displayed together with the live camera sensor view in the graphical user interface. The image manager pane includes a visual indicator representative of the captured camera image. In certain embodiments, a camera image is captured and automatically assigned to a session based on a predefined session grouping heuristic. In certain embodiments, data representative of a captured camera image is provided to a content distribution subsystem over a network, and the content distribution subsystem is configured to distribute data representative of the camera image to a plurality of predefined destinations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a live camera sensor view in a graphical user interface;

capturing a camera image; and

displaying a visual indicator representative of said captured camera image together with said live camera sensor view in said graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically assigning said captured camera image to a session based on a predefined session grouping heuristic.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said visual indicator includes a session indicator indicative of said assignment of said camera image to said session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said visual indicator comprises a user selectable object.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, in response to said capturing, an image manager pane together with said live camera sensor view in said graphical user interface, said image manager pane including said visual indicator.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said image manager pane and said live camera sensor view are concurrently active for receiving user input.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising toggling an active input mode between said live camera sensor view and said image manager pane in response to user input.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying animation effects in said graphical user interface in response to said capturing of said camera image, said animation effects visually indicating movement of image pixels from said live camera sensor view to said visual indicator representative of said camera image.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing data representative of said camera image to a content distribution subsystem over a network; and

distributing data representative of said camera image from said distribution subsystem to a plurality of predefined destinations.

10. The method of claim 1, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one computer-readable medium.

11. A method comprising:

capturing a camera image; and

automatically assigning said camera image to a session based on a predefined session grouping heuristic.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface including a live camera sensor view; and

displaying, in response to said capturing, an image manager pane together with said live camera sensor view in said graphical user interface, said image manager pane including a visual indicator representative of said captured camera image.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

capturing another camera image;

automatically assigning said other camera image to said session based on said predefined session grouping heuristic; and

displaying another visual indicator representative of said other captured camera image in said image manager pane.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a user selection of said visual indicator and said other visual indicator;

receiving a publishing command; and

publishing said camera image and said other camera image.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein said session is defined to include one or more camera images captured within a continuous time period during which a camera mode is active.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said session is defined to include one or more camera images captured at a common geographic location.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said session grouping heuristic is configured to include at least one user-defined criterion to be satisfied to qualify said camera image for said assignment to said session.

18. A system comprising:

a user interface facility configured to provide a live camera sensor view for display in a graphical user interface; and

a camera facility configured to capture a camera image;

wherein said user interface facility is further configured to provide a visual indicator representative of said captured camera image for display together with said live camera sensor view in said graphical user interface.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said user interface facility is further configured to provide an image manager pane for display together with said live camera sensor view in said graphical user interface, said image manager pane including said visual indicator.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising a session management facility configured to automatically assign said captured camera image to a session based on a predefined session grouping heuristic.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said user interface facility is further configured to provide a session indicator for display in said graphical user interface, said session indicator configured to indicate an association of said visual indicator with said session.

22. The system of claim 18 implemented on a mobile phone device.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising a content distribution subsystem configured to communicate with said mobile phone device over a network, including receiving data representative of said camera image from said mobile phone device over said network, wherein said content distribution subsystem is configured to distribute data representative of said camera image to a plurality of predefined destinations.