Method and apparatus for storing a massive inventory of labeled images
First Claim
1. The method of gathering a massive visual inventory of different images with the aid of a computer system having digital data processing, storage and display means which comprises storing a data file containing different digital information corresponding separately to said different images, accessing with said data processing means said digital information for a succession of said images, translating said accessed digital information into successive visual displays on said display means displaying human readable information with respect to said images, monitoring said displays, scanning said images with a video camera successively in an order corresponding to the order of the displays of said accessed digital information to produce a sequence of tv signals each for a different one of said images, and producing a video disc record containing a plurality of frames from said tv signals, each image on a different frame of said video disc record.
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Abstract
A massive inventory of labeled images, for example of every real estate parcel in a city, is produced on different frames of a video disc, from which the images may be randomly accessed for use in tax assessment, real estate sales and the like. Digital information is accessed from memory (e.g., magnetic disc) associated with a computer and monitored to define a route for a field rig, equipped with a video camera, which scans the images and provides TV signals in the order in which the digital information corresponding thereto is accessed. Each video image is labeled with text from the digital information corresponding to the image to produce TV signals with labeling information therein. Pluralities of frames of the TV signals are recorded on a video recorder. A single frame is selected from each plurality and recorded on a different frame of the video disc record.
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- 1. The method of gathering a massive visual inventory of different images with the aid of a computer system having digital data processing, storage and display means which comprises storing a data file containing different digital information corresponding separately to said different images, accessing with said data processing means said digital information for a succession of said images, translating said accessed digital information into successive visual displays on said display means displaying human readable information with respect to said images, monitoring said displays, scanning said images with a video camera successively in an order corresponding to the order of the displays of said accessed digital information to produce a sequence of tv signals each for a different one of said images, and producing a video disc record containing a plurality of frames from said tv signals, each image on a different frame of said video disc record.
- 5. The method of producing a massive inventory of pictures and text corresponding to each picture for random access and display with the aid of a computer system having digital data processing, memory and display means, which comprises the steps of storing in a data file the text for the pictures in said memory means, accessing with said data processing means the memory means to generate a video graphic signal of the text for each picture, generating a tv signal of the picture while said video graphic signal is being generated, combining said tv signal and video graphic signal for each picture to produce a combined tv signal, producing a recording of said combined tv signal of each picture, each on a separate frame of a video disc which frame is randomly accessible.
- 9. A system for gathering a massive visual inventory of different images using information from a data base containing different entries of digital information describing each of said images, which comprises a computer having memory means for receiving and storing a file containing said different entries of digital information corresponding separately to each of said different images, said computer having means for accessing said digital information from said memory means, said computer having display means, said computer also having means for translating said digital information into successive different visual displays of said entries in human readable form, video camera means for scanning said images successively in an order corresponding to the order of the displays of said digital information of said entries to produce a sequence of tv signals each for a different one of said images, means for monitoring said tv signals to display said images, and means for producing a video disc record containing a plurality of frames of different ones of said tv signals, each image on a different frame of said video disc.
- 13. A system for producing a massive inventory of pictures and text corresponding to each picture for random access and display which comprises digital data processing means including memory and display means, means in said processing means for storing in said memory means the text for the pictures, means in said processing means for accessing the memory means to generate a video graphic signal for each picture, means for generating a tv signal of the picture while said video graphic signal is being generated, means for combining said tv signal and video graphic signal for each picture to produce a combined tv signal, and means for producing a recording of said combined tv signal of each picture, each on a separate frame of a video disc record, to enable random access to each picture and the test therefor for retrieval and display thereof from said video disc.
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