METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- capturing first images by a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices, wherein the capturing is performed automatically by the first mobile communication device subject to recording limitations designated based on user input, wherein a second mobile communication device of the group of mobile communication devices automatically captures second images;
receiving, by the first mobile communication device, first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an object, wherein the first image analysis criteria is received from a remote server that provides the first image analysis criteria to a subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices, wherein the subset includes the first and second mobile communication devices;
applying, by the first mobile communication device, image pattern recognition to the first images according to the first image analysis criteria to identify a first target image that includes the object;
determining, by the first mobile communication device, second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the object; and
providing, by the first mobile communication device, the second image analysis criteria to the second mobile communication device to enable the second mobile communication device to perform image pattern recognition on the second images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the object.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can detect an event, access location information for a group of mobile communication devices that are each automatically capturing images, and identify a subset of the group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the event based on the location information. The processor can provide first image analysis criteria to the subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices where the first image analysis criteria includes first characteristics associated with an object. The processor can receive a first target image that includes the object from a first mobile communication device of the subset of the group of mobile communication devices, where the first target image is selected by the first mobile communication device from among a plurality of images captured by the first mobile communication device based on first image pattern recognition performed by the first mobile communication device utilizing the first image analysis criteria. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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capturing first images by a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices, wherein the capturing is performed automatically by the first mobile communication device subject to recording limitations designated based on user input, wherein a second mobile communication device of the group of mobile communication devices automatically captures second images; receiving, by the first mobile communication device, first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an object, wherein the first image analysis criteria is received from a remote server that provides the first image analysis criteria to a subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices, wherein the subset includes the first and second mobile communication devices; applying, by the first mobile communication device, image pattern recognition to the first images according to the first image analysis criteria to identify a first target image that includes the object; determining, by the first mobile communication device, second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the object; and providing, by the first mobile communication device, the second image analysis criteria to the second mobile communication device to enable the second mobile communication device to perform image pattern recognition on the second images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a system including a processor, a first target image that includes an object, the first target image being received from a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices that are automatically capturing images, wherein the first target image is selected by the first mobile communication device from among a plurality of images captured by the first mobile communication device based on first image pattern recognition performed by the first mobile communication device utilizing first image analysis criteria, wherein the first image analysis criteria includes first characteristics associated with the object; determining, by the system, second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the object; and providing, by the system, the second image analysis criteria to a subset of the group of mobile communication devices to enable the subset of the group of mobile communication devices to perform second image pattern recognition on the images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the object. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage device comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor of a first mobile communication device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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capturing first images automatically subject to recording limitations designated based on user input, wherein the first mobile communication device is of a group of mobile communication devices; receiving first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an object, wherein the first image analysis criteria comprises text describing the first characteristics associated with the object without providing an image sample of the object, wherein the first image analysis criteria is received from a remote server that provides the first image analysis criteria to a subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices, wherein the subset includes the first mobile communication device; applying image pattern recognition to the first images according to the first image analysis criteria to identify a first target image that includes the object; determining second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the object, wherein the second image analysis criteria comprises the image sample of the object; and providing the second image analysis criteria to a second mobile communication device to enable the second mobile communication device to perform image pattern recognition on images captured by the second mobile communication device according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the object. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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