Generation of metadata for acquired images
First Claim
1. A method, in a computer system, for generating metadata based upon data contained within image information provided by an image capture device, the image information including image data suitable for processing by an image display application program to render a displayed image, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by a data transfer interface, image information responsive to a request to acquire image data;
analyzing, by an image data analysis component associated with an image acquisition service, the acquired image information to render at least one new metadata value for the image information, wherein the new metadata can be derived from properties other than those depicted within the image, and wherein the analyzing can be performed remotely from the image capture device; and
integrating the at least one new metadata value with the acquired image information.
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Abstract
A method and image data acquisition service arrangement are disclosed that facilitate standardizing the process of adding metadata to acquired image information downloaded from a connected image capture device to a computer system. An image acquisition service analyzes image information downloaded from the image capture device and renders new metadata values based upon applied analytical algorithms/filters. Thereafter, the image information and new metadata are rendered available to other processes that use the image information and new metadata.
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1. A method, in a computer system, for generating metadata based upon data contained within image information provided by an image capture device, the image information including image data suitable for processing by an image display application program to render a displayed image, the method comprising:
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acquiring, by a data transfer interface, image information responsive to a request to acquire image data; analyzing, by an image data analysis component associated with an image acquisition service, the acquired image information to render at least one new metadata value for the image information, wherein the new metadata can be derived from properties other than those depicted within the image, and wherein the analyzing can be performed remotely from the image capture device; and integrating the at least one new metadata value with the acquired image information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A tangible computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for facilitating the generation of metadata based upon data contained within image information provided by an image capture device, the image information including image data suitable for processing by an image display application program to render a displayed image, the computer executable instructions facilitating performing a set of steps comprising:
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invoking acquisition, by a data transfer interface, of image information in response to a request to acquire image data; analyzing, by an image data analysis component associated with an image acquisition service, the acquired image information to render at least one new metadata value for the image information, wherein the new metadata can be derived from properties other than those depicted within the image, and wherein the analyzing can be performed remotely from the image capture device; and integrating the at least one new metadata value with the acquired image information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An image data acquisition framework, in a computer system, having a capability to generate, in response to a request from a user mode process to acquire image data, new metadata corresponding to acquired image data, the image data acquisition framework comprising:
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a computer system data communication hardware interface; a driver associated with the data communication hardware interface that obtains image information from the data communication hardware interface; and an image acquisition service including an image analysis component, interposed between the user mode process and the driver, that renders new metadata values from information extracted from the image information obtained by the driver, and wherein the new metadata values are integrated with the image information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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