System and method of capturing and providing supplemental data associated with a digital image

• US 7,372,482 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2003
• Issued: 05/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Greg S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ometz; David
• Assistant Examiner(s): PRABHAKHER, PRITHAM DAVID
• Application Number:
  US10/410,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20040189807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,873 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.2, 355/24, 355/40, 355/26, 283/72, 283/74
• US Class Current: 348/207.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping

Abstract

A method and system of capturing an image comprises extracting image characterization information from an image file, extracting digital image data from the image file, printing a visually perceptible image described by the digital image data on one side of a medium, printing a visually perceptible representation of the image characterization information on an opposite side of the medium, and retrieving the image characterization information from the visually perceptible representation of the image characterization information on the opposite side of the medium.

Claims

1. A method of capturing an image comprising:

Storing digital image data for said image in an image file;

storing image characterization information for said image in said image file, said image characterization information including image processing parameters for said image;

extracting said image characterization information from said image file;

extracting said digital image data from said image file;

printing a visually perceptible image described by said digital image data on one side of a medium, including processing said digital image data based on said image processing parameters of said image characterization information for said image; and

printing a visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information on an opposite side of said medium, including positioning said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information on said opposite side of said medium behind a darkest portion of said visually perceptible image.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

reading said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information from said opposite side of said medium; and

printing another visually perceptible image described by said digital image data on one side of another medium, including processing said digital image data based on said image processing parameters of said image characterization information for said image as read from said opposite side of said medium.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein said digital image data comprises original, unaltered digital image data for said image.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said extracting said image characterization information includes:

identifying at least one of a set of image attributes selected from the set consisting of;

filename;

creation date;

modification date;

format;

width;

height;

color mode;

file size;

image description;

orientation;

resolution;

date;

time;

exposure Lime;

f-stop;

exposure program;

speed rating;

EXIF version;

data and time of original;

date and time digitized;

components configuration;

compressed bits per pixel;

exposure bias value;

metering mode;

light source;

flash;

focal length;

FlashPix version;

color space;

pixel dimension;

film source; and

scene type.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

repositioning said medium after said printing said visually perceptible image so as to orient said opposite side of said medium in a printing position previously held by said one side.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said printing is preformed with a duplexing mode of operation of a printer.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein said extracting said image characterization information includes:

generating a symbolic representation of said information.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein said generating said symbolic representation includes:

decoding said image characterization information to provide an alphanumeric representation of said image characterization information.

9. The method according to claim 7 wherein said printing said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information includes:

printing a machine-readable symbology.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein said extracting said digital image data includes:

decompressing said digital image data to recover an image stored using a lossy image compression protocol.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein said printing said visually perceptible image includes:

selectively applying ink onto a surface of said one side of said medium.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein said printing said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information includes:

identifying an area on said opposite side which, with respect to a portion of said visually perceptible image on said one side, has reduced chance of causing an objectionable bleed-through.

13. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

identifying an ink receiving characteristic of said medium and, in response, adjusting a print application process to reduce bleed-through.

14. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

repositioning said medium with respect to a print engine between said steps of printing, wherein each of said printing steps includes a step of operating said print engine.

15. A method of processing an image comprising:

extracting digital image data for said image from an image file;

extracting image characterization information for said image from said image file, said image characterization information including image processing parameters for said image;

printing a visually perceptible image described by said digital image data on one side of a medium, including processing said digital image data by adjusting at least one parameter thereof in response to said image processing parameters of said image characterization information for said image; and

printing a visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information on an opposite side of said medium, including positioning said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information on said opposite side of said medium behind a darkest portion of said visually perceptible image.

16. The method according to claim 15 further comprising:

retrieving said image characterization information from said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information on said opposite side of said medium.

17. The method according to claim 15 wherein said extracting image characterization information includes:

identifying at least one of a set of image attributes selected from the set consisting of;

filename;

creation date;

modification date;

format;

width;

height;

color mode;

file size;

image description;

orientation;

resolution;

date;

time;

exposure time;

f-stop;

exposure program;

speed rating;

EXIF version;

data and time of original;

date and time digitized;

components configuration;

compressed bits per pixel;

exposure bias value;

metering mode;

light source;

flash;

focal length;

FlashPix version;

color space;

pixel dimension;

film source; and

scene type.

18. The method according to claim 15 further comprising:

repositioning said medium after said printing said visually perceptible image so as to orient said opposite side of said medium in a printing position previously held by said one side.

19. The method according to claim 15 wherein said printing is performed with a duplexing mode of operation of a printer.

20. The method according to claim 15 wherein said printing said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information includes:

identifying an area on said opposite side which, with respect to a portion of said visually perceptible image on said one side, has reduced chance of causing an objectionable bleed-through.

21. The method according to claim 15 further comprising:

identifying an ink receiving characteristic of said medium and, in response, adjusting a print application process to reduce bleed-through.

22. A printing system comprising:

a memory storing file data said file data including digital image data and image characterization information, said image characterization information including image processing parameters for said digital image data;

a processor configured for extracting said image characterization information and said digital image data from said file data, and processing said digital image data based on said image processing parameters of said image characterization information; and

a printer configured to print a visually perceptible image described by said digital image data and said image processing parameters for said digital image data on one side of a medium, and print a visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information is positioned on said opposite side of said medium behind a darkest portion of said visually perceptible image.

23. A printing system comprising:

means for storing file data, said file data including digital image data and image characterization information, said image characterization information including image processing parameters for said digital image data;

means for extracting said image characterization information and said digital image data from said file data and processing said digital image data based on said image processing parameters of said image characterization information; and

means for operating a print engine for printing a visually perceptible image described by said digital image data and said image processing parameters for said digital image data on one side of a medium and printing a visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information on an opposite side of said medium, wherein said visually perceptible representation of said image characterization information is positioned on said opposite side of said medium behind a darkest portion of said visually perceptible image.