Systems and methods for providing image feedback

• US 8,136,167 B1
• Filed: 10/20/2008
• Issued: 03/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Gossweiler, Richard Carl III, Baluja, Shumeet, Kamvar, Maryam
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sath V
• Application Number:
  US12/254,312
• Time in Patent Office: 1,240 Days
• Field of Search: 726/27
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/695 Imported photos, e.g. of the player
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3254 Orientation, e.g. landscape or portrait; Location or order of the image data, e.g. in memory

Abstract

A computer-implemented method may include receiving, over a network, an image from an image capture device, determining an image adjustment to the image, and communicating, over the network, the image adjustment to the image capture device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, over a network, an image from an image capture device;

calculating a first correction angle using an image aligner;

presenting the image to one or more independent users;

requesting that the users make an angle adjustment to the image;

calculating a second correction angle using the angle adjustments of the one or more independent users;

calculating a final correction angle based on the first correction angle and the second correction angle; and

communicating, over the network, the final correction angle to the image capture device.

2. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein receiving the image from the image capture device comprises receiving, over the network, the image from a camera.

3. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein receiving the image from the image capture device comprises receiving, over the network, the image from a mobile device having a camera.

4. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein receiving the image from the image capture device comprises receiving, over the network, the image from a scanner.

5. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein calculating the final correction angle and communicating the final correction angle to the image capture device occurs in substantially real time.

6. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein:

receiving the image comprises receiving, over the network, the image and image location metadata from the image capture device.

7. A computer program product for performing image adjustments, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:

receive, over a network, an image from an image capture device;

calculate a first correction angle using an image aligner;

present the image to one or more independent users;

request that the users make an angle adjustment to the image;

calculate a second correction angle using the angle adjustments of the one or more independent users;

calculate a final correction angle based on the first correction angle and the second correction angle; and

communicate, over the network, the final correction angle to the image capture device.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the executable code that causes the data processing apparatus to calculate the final correction angle and to communicate, over the network, the final correction angle to the image capture device occurs in substantially real time.

9. A method, comprising:

capturing an image using an image capture device;

communicating the image over a network from the image capture device to an image server; and

receiving, at the image capture device, a final correction angle from the image server over the network, wherein the final correction angle is determined by;

calculating a first correction angle using an image aligner,

presenting the image to one or more independent users,

requesting that the users make an angle adjustment to the image,

calculating a second correction angle using the angle adjustments of the one or more independent users, and

calculating the final correction angle based on the first correction angle and the second correction angle.

10. The method as in claim 9 wherein receiving the final correction angle comprises receiving the final correction angle in substantially real time.

11. The method as in claim 9 wherein the final correction angle comprises a line that provides an indication of the final correction angle.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

an image capture module that is arranged and configured to capture an image;

a communication module that is arranged and configured to communicate the image over a network to an image server and that is arranged and configured to receive a final correction angle over the network from the image server; and

a processor that is arranged and configured to control the image capture module and the communication module and to process the image adjustment received by the communication module, wherein the final correction angle is determined by;

calculating a first correction angle using an image aligner,

presenting the image to one or more independent users,

requesting that the users make an angle adjustment to the image,

calculating a second correction angle using the angle adjustments of the one or more independent users, and

calculating the final correction angle based on the first correction angle and the second correction angle.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the communication module receives the final correction angle in substantially real time.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the final correction angle comprises a line that provides an indication of the final correction angle.