Manipulating digital images based on a user profile

• US 7,224,383 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2003
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Tecu, Kirk S., Haas, William R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): AGGARWAL, YOGESH K
• Application Number:
  US10/340,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20040135887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,601 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14.03, 348/14.04, 348/207.1, 348/207.11, 348/207.2, 348/231.3, 348/231.6, 348/552, 345/581, 345/588, 345/600, 345/619
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0097 Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3276 of a customised additional information profile, e.g. a profile specific to a user ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of applying user preferences to attributes associated with a digital image, comprising receiving a first digital image from an imaging device, updating attributes contained in a user profile based on user manipulations to the first digital image to create an updated user profile, and applying the attributes contained in the updated user profile to a second digital image.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing a user profile in an imaging device;

acquiring a first digital image with the imaging device using the stored user profile;

manipulating the first digital image to create a manipulated first digital image;

updating the user profile based on user manipulations to the manipulated first digital image to create an updated user profile, wherein updating the user profile further comprises calculating a weighted average of user manipulations with respect to digital images including the first digital image; and

acquiring a subsequent digital image with the imaging device using the updated user profile.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein storing a user profile further comprises storing a plurality of user profiles associated with multiple users of said imaging device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein storing a user profile further comprises storing a plurality of user profiles for use with respect to multiple locations.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transferring the updated user profile to another imaging device adapted to acquire a digital image.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said image device comprises one of a camera, a scanner, and a copier and said another imaging device comprises a different one of a camera, a scanner, and a copier.

6. A method, comprising:

storing a user profile in an imaging device;

acquiring a first digital image with the imaging device using the stored user profile;

manipulating the first digital image to create a manipulated first digital image;

updating the user profile based on user manipulations to the manipulated first digital image to create an updated user profile, wherein updating the user profile further comprises calculating a weighted average of user manipulations with respect to digital images including the first digital image, wherein said weighted average determines an extent a user deviated from the stored user profile; and

acquiring a subsequent digital image with the imaging device using the updated user profile.