AUTOMATED IMAGE ORGANIZATION TECHNIQUES

• US 20160110355A1
• Filed: 10/17/2014
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Charania, Rahim, Berger, Joseph E. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,405,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• 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 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5846 using extracted text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

A device may receive multiple images captured by a user device; and determine an event based on at least one of: attributes of the multiple images, information regarding a user associated with the multiple images, or information regarding the user device. The device may determine attributes of the event; identify, based on the attributes of the multiple the images and the attributes of the event, particular images, of the multiple images, associated with the event; generate a digital image album that includes one or more of the particular images; and output the digital image album.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a device, a plurality of images captured by a user device;

determining, by the device, an event based on at least one of;

attributes of the plurality of images,

information regarding a user associated with the plurality of images, or

information regarding the user device;

determining, by the device, attributes of the event;

identifying, by the device and based on the attributes of the plurality of the images and the attributes of the event, particular images, of the plurality of images, associated with the event;

generating, by the device, a digital image album that includes one or more of the particular images; and

outputting, by the device, the digital image album.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the event includes determining the event based on at least one of:

the attributes of the plurality of images,

the information regarding a user associated with the images, or

the information regarding the user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more particular images are selected based on:

scores for each of the one or more particular images, the scores being based on attributes of the one or more particular images.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the attributes of a particular image, of the plurality of images, includes at least one of:

information identifying text pictured in the particular image,

information identifying an individual pictured in the particular image,

information identifying an object or landmark pictured in the particular image,

information identifying a geographic location associated with the particular image,

information identifying a date or a time when the particular image was captured,

information identifying whether the particular image includes duplicate content of another image,

information identifying a measure of blurriness of the particular image,

information identifying whether the particular image has been edited,

information identifying a type of camera used to capture the particular image,

object recognition information associated with the particular image, or

metadata associated with the particular image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the user associated with the plurality of images includes at least one of:

calendar information associated with the user, or

messaging activity of the user indicating the event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the user device includes one of:

calling activity associated with the user device, or

messaging activity associated with the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the attributes of event include determining at least one of:

a title of the event,

a start date or time of the event,

an end date or time of the event, or

a geographic location associated with the event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the event includes determining the event based on a current date,

wherein identifying the particular images includes identifying images captured a week, a month, or a year prior to the current date.

9. A system comprising:

a device, comprising;

a non-transitory memory device storing;

a plurality of processor-executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the processor to;

receive a plurality of images captured by a user device;

determine an event based on at least one of;

attributes of the plurality of images,

information regarding a user associated with the plurality of images, or

information regarding the user device;

determine attributes of the event;

identify, based on the attributes of the plurality of the images and the attributes of the event, particular images, of the plurality of images, associated with the event;

generate a digital image album that includes one or more of the particular images; and

output the digital image album.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to determine the event, causes the processor to determine the event based on at least one of:

the attributes of the plurality of images,

the information regarding a user associated with the images, or

the information regarding the user device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more images are selected based on:

scores for each of the one or more images, the scores being based on attributes of the one or more particular images.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the attributes of a particular image, of the plurality of images, includes at least one of:

information identifying text pictured in the particular image,

information identifying an individual pictured in the particular image,

information identifying an object or landmark pictured in the particular image,

information identifying a geographic location associated with the particular image,

information identifying a date or a time when the particular image was captured,

information identifying whether the particular image includes duplicate content of another image,

information identifying a measure of blurriness of the particular image,

information identifying whether the particular image has been edited,

information identifying a type of camera used to capture the particular image,

object recognition information associated with the particular image, or

metadata associated with the particular image.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the information regarding the user associated with the plurality of images includes at least one of:

calendar information associated with the user, or

messaging activity of the user indicating the event.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the information regarding the user device includes one of:

calling activity associated with the user device, or

messaging activity associated with the user device.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to determine the attributes of event, causes the processor to determine at least one of:

a title of the event,

a start date or time of the event,

an end date or time of the event, or

a geographic location associated with the event.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to determine the event, causes the processor to determine the event based on a current date,

wherein executing the processor-executable instructions, to identify the particular images, causes the processor to identify images captured a week, a month, or a year prior to the current date.

17. A computer-readable medium, storing:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a device, cause the one or more processors to;

receive a plurality of images captured by a user device;

identify, on a particular date, particular images, of the plurality of images, captured in a previous year and on a same day as the particular date;

generate a digital image album including the particular images; and

output the digital image album.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to output the digital album, causes the one or more processor to output the digital album as a link to one or more of the particular images, or as a link to a page with thumbnails of the one or more of the particular images

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more images are selected based on:

scores for each of the one or more images, the scores being based on attributes of the one or more particular images.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the attributes of a particular image, of the plurality of images, includes at least one of:

information identifying text pictured in the particular image,

information identifying an individual pictured in the particular image,

information identifying an object or landmark pictured in the particular image,

information identifying a geographic location associated with the particular image,

information identifying a date or a time when the particular image was captured,

information identifying whether the particular image includes duplicate content of another image,

information identifying a measure of blurriness of the particular image,

information identifying whether the particular image has been edited,

information identifying a type of camera used to capture the particular image,

object recognition information associated with the particular image, or

metadata associated with the particular image.