DATA COLLECTION SCHEME

• US 20160048714A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: MITSUNAGA, Noriaki, MIYASATO, Tsutomu, KADOBAYASHI, Rieko
• Application Number:
  US14/779,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20160048714A1
• 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 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10722 Photodetector array or CCD scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10792 Special measures in relation to the object to be scanned
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10861 sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels postal sorting B07C3/14, conveying articles B65G47/48
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1093 sensing, after transfer of the image of the data-field to an intermediate store, e.g. storage with cathode ray tube
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/44 Event detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/582 of traffic signs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for a data collection scheme. In some examples, a method performed under control of an electronic device may include receiving a data submission request from a posting device; determining that data corresponding to the data submission request is stored in a memory of the electronic device; and notifying a user of the electronic device of the data submission request.

Claims

1. A method performed under control of an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a data submission request from a posting device;

determining that data corresponding to the data submission request is stored in a memory of the electronic device; and

notifying a user of the electronic device of the data submission request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data submission request includes at least one of a time range or a geographical range pertaining to an event.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data submission request is included in a code that is displayed by the posting device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the code is a QR code.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving includes capturing the code by a camera of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

decoding the code to obtain the at least one of the time range or the geographical range, and

wherein the determining includes searching the memory of the electronic device for data based at least in part on the at least one of the time range or the geographical range.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the data submission request is included in a radio signal that is transmitted from the posting device,

wherein the receiving includes receiving the radio signal and deciphering at least one of the time range or the geographical range, and

wherein the determining includes searching the memory of the electronic device for data based at least in part on the at least one of the time range or the geographical range.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the data submission request is included in an optical tag that is displayed by the posting device,

wherein the receiving includes capturing the optical tag by an optical tag reader of the electronic device and deciphering the at least one of the time range or the geographical range, and

wherein the determining includes searching the memory of the electronic device for data based at least in part on the at least one of the time range or the geographical range.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the notifying includes displaying, by a display of the electronic device, a message to instruct the user of the electronic device to transmit the data to a source of the data submission request.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the notifying includes playing, by a speaker of the electronic device, a sound to instruct the user of the electronic device to transmit the data to a source of the data submission request.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes at least one of a digital image or a video.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the data to a source of the data submission request.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a camera configured to capture a data submission request displayed by a posting device;

a memory configured to store one or more images or videos captured by the camera;

a determination unit configured to determine that the memory stores one or more images or videos corresponding to information included in the data submission request; and

a notification unit configured to notify a user of a positive result of the determining.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the data submission request includes at least one of a time range or a geographical range pertaining to an event.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the data submission request is displayed as a code.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising:

a decoder configured to decode the code to obtain the at least one of the time period or the geographical range,

wherein the determination unit is further configured to search the memory for the one or more images or videos corresponding to at least one of the time range or the geographical range.

17. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the notification unit includes a display that is configured to display a message to instruct the user of the electronic device to transmit the one or more images or videos corresponding to the information included in the data submission request to a source of the data submission request.

18. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the notification unit includes a speaker that is configured to play a sound to instruct the user of the electronic device to transmit the one or more images or videos corresponding to the information included in the data submission request to a source of the data submission request.

19. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit the one or more images or videos corresponding to the information included in the data submission request to a source of the data submission request.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause an electronic device to perform operations, comprising:

receiving a data submission request from a posting device;

determining that a memory of the electronic device stores data corresponding to the data submission request; and

notifying a user of the electronic device of the data submission request,

wherein the data submission request includes at least one of a time range or a geographical range relevant to an event.