INTERACTIVE IMAGE SELECTION METHOD

• US 20150161169A1
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Fry, Peter Thomas, Piper, John Denis, Kiddle, Graham Robert, Muammar, Hani, Payne, Alan
• Granted Patent: US 9,798,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a soft-copy display comprising: receiving a collection of digital images; interactively user selecting a digital image using a user interface; determining a plurality of subsets of the digital images, wherein each subset shares a common category with the selected digital image; and displaying the subsets of digital images on the soft-copy display, together with the selected digital image.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a plurality of digital images;

determining, for each of the plurality of digital images, image features;

calculating a score for each of the plurality of digital images;

sorting the plurality of digital images into classes based upon the image features;

receiving an indication of a selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images;

receiving user data associated with the selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images;

updating, using one or more electronic processors, the score for each of the one or more of the plurality of digital images based upon the user data; and

selecting at least one additional image from the plurality of digital images based upon the selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images and the scores of plurality of digital images.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the score of at least one unselected digital image based upon the user data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images belong to a first class, wherein the method further comprises updating the score of each digital image in the first class based upon the user data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data comprises a display duration for each of the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data comprises an interaction count with each of the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data comprises an image of a face of a viewer of the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an image of a face of a viewer;

recognizing the face of the viewer in a subset of the plurality of digital images; and

updating the score of each digital image in the subset of the plurality of digital images based upon the recognition of the face of the view.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the score of each of the plurality of digital images based upon the image features.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the image features comprise image sharpness or image contrast.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

instructions to receive a plurality of digital images;

instructions to determine, for each of the plurality of digital images, image features;

instructions to calculate a score for each of the plurality of digital images;

instructions to sort the plurality of digital images into classes based upon the image features;

instructions to receive an indication of a selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images;

instructions to receive user data associated with the selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images;

instructions to update the score for each of the one or more of the plurality of digital images based upon the user data; and

instructions to select at least one additional image from the plurality of digital images based upon the selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images and the scores of plurality of digital images.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions to update the score of at least one unselected digital image based upon the user data.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images belong to a first class, wherein the instructions further comprises instructions to update the score of each digital image in the first class based upon the user data.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the user data comprises a display duration for each of the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the user data comprises an interaction count with each of the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the user data comprises an image of a face of a viewer of the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:

instructions to receive an image of a face of a viewer;

instructions to recognize the face of the viewer in a subset of the plurality of digital images;

instructions to update the score of each digital image in the subset of the plurality of digital images based upon the recognition of the face of the viewer.

17. A system comprising:

a memory; and

one or more electronic processors coupled to the memory and configured to;

receive a plurality of digital images;

determine, for each of the plurality of digital images, image features;

calculate a score for each of the plurality of digital images;

sort the plurality of digital images into classes based upon the image features;

receive an indication of a selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images;

receive user data associated with the selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images;

update the score for each of the one or more of the plurality of digital images based upon the user data; and

select at least one additional image from the plurality of digital images based upon the selection of one or more of the plurality of digital images and the scores of plurality of digital images.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to update the score of at least one unselected digital image based upon the user data.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images belong to a first class, wherein the instructions further comprises instructions to update the score of each digital image in the first class based upon the user data.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the user data comprises a display duration for each of the selected one or more of the plurality of digital images.

21. The system of claim 17, further comprising an image capturing component that includes the one or more electronic processors.