Imaging method and system for health monitoring and personal security
First Claim
1. An image capture method comprising the steps of:
- capturing an image of scene confronting a person;
collecting affective information from the person at capture said collecting being separate from the capturing of the image of the scene;
automatically identifying a receiver for the scene image and affective information based upon the affective information; and
automatically transmitting the scene image and affective information to the selected image receiver.
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Abstract
An image capture method is provided. In accordance with the method, an image of the scene is captured and affective information is collected a capture. The scene image and affective information are transmitted to an image receiver. An imaging system is also provided having an image capture system adapted to capture an image of a scene and a memory which stores the captured image. A set of sensors is adapted to collect affective signals from the user at capture. A processor is adapted to determine affective information based upon the affective signals and to associate affective information with the captured image. A transmitter sends the scene image and the affective information to a receiver.
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33 Claims
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1. An image capture method comprising the steps of:
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capturing an image of scene confronting a person; collecting affective information from the person at capture said collecting being separate from the capturing of the image of the scene; automatically identifying a receiver for the scene image and affective information based upon the affective information; and automatically transmitting the scene image and affective information to the selected image receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image capture method comprising the steps of:
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capturing an image of a scene observed by a person; collecting affective information from the person at the time of the capture of the image said collecting being performed apart from the step of capturing the image of the scene; automatically analyzing the captured image and the collected affective information to determine whether a transmission criterion is met; and transmitting the scene image and affective information to an image receiver when the transmission criterion is met, said image receiver being automatically identified from among a plurality of potential image receivers based upon the affective information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An imaging system comprising:
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an image capture system adapted to capture an image of a scene that is observed by a user; a memory which stores the captured image; a set of sensors not including the image capture system used to capture the scene image said set of sensor being adapted to collect affective signals from the user at capture; a processor adapted to determine affective information based upon the affective signals and the associate affective information with the captured image; and a transmitter for sending affective information to a selected receiver, wherein said processor is further adapted to automatically identify the selected image receiver based upon the associated affective information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An imaging system comprising:
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an image capture means for capturing an image of a scene being viewed by a user; affective sensor means separate from the image capture means for collecting affective information from the user at a time of the image capture; and a transmitting means for transmitting the scene image and affective information to a selected image receiver, said selected receiver being automatically identified by a determining means, said determining means making such identification based upon the collected affective information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An image capture method comprising the steps of:
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capturing an image of a scene that a user is viewing at the time of capture and that does not include an image of the user; collecting affective information from the user at capture; and transmitting the scene image and affective information to an image receiver; wherein said collected affective information includes a combination of physiological characteristics, eye movement data and facial characteristics, and wherein said image receiver is identified based at least in part upon an emotional response determined from the collected affective information.
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