AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT OF A CAPTURED IMAGE TO A DOCUMENT BASED ON CONTEXT
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1. A method for automatic attachment of an image to a document, the method comprising:
- receiving a capture image command;
capturing the image;
determining a document being displayed by a computing device; and
adding the captured image to the determined document.
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Abstract
A portable computing device for automatic attachment of a captured image to a document being displayed triggered by the act of capturing the image is disclosed. A new page is added to the current document being reviewed and displayed on the portable computing device, and then the image and metadata are attached in that new page. In other variations, the document includes metadata having a location at which images may be stored and upon capture the image, the captured image is stored at the metadata location.
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1. A method for automatic attachment of an image to a document, the method comprising:
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receiving a capture image command; capturing the image; determining a document being displayed by a computing device; and adding the captured image to the determined document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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receive a capture image command; capture the image; determine a document being displayed by a computing device; and add the captured image to the determined document. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for automatic attachment of an image to a document, the apparatus comprising:
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a camera having an input and an output, the camera capturing images; a display device having an input, the display device displaying images; a stroke capture device having an input and an output, the stroke capture device accepting strokes and generating signals representing the strokes; a presentation module having an input and an output, the presentation module generating and presenting a user interface for displaying a document and an automatic capture interface for showing status of attachment of a captured image to the document; and an automatic capture module having an input and an output, the automatic capture module automatically capturing images in response to a capture image command, the automatic capture module determining a current document being displayed and inserting the captured image into the current document; and a processor having an input and an output, coupled to the output of the camera, the input of the display device, the stroke capture device, the presentation module and the automatic capture module, the processor receive a document, displaying an image of a page of the document, storing strokes captured by the stroke capture device and cooperating with the automatic capture module to automatically attach captured images to documents. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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