System and method for image and data upload by means of a terminal

• US 8,238,885 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Issued: 08/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NM, LLC
• Original Assignee: Neomedia Europe Gmbh (NeoMedia Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Mueller, Frank, Joussen, Mario
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zewari, Sayed T
• Application Number:
  US12/227,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20090291671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,897 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 382/165, 382/305
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00342 with a radio frequency tag transmitter or receiver storage of additional information in an RFID tag attached to an image bearing paper sheet H04N1/32138
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title

Abstract

In order to avoid erroneous or incorrectly attributed comments in picture-assisted documentation systems, the invention proposes a system which comprises at least one mobile terminal, at least one server and at least two machine-readable markers applied to or on articles, in which the mobile terminal comprises a reading unit which can be used to read the markers applied to or on the articles, a camera for taking pictures, and means for sending pictures.

Claims

1. A system for transferring an image from a mobile terminal to a server, said system comprising:

at least one mobile terminal;

at least one server;

at least two machine-readable markers of different contents, which are mounted to or on articles;

wherein the at least one mobile terminal is at least intermittently in contact with the at least one server and communicates with the at least one server;

wherein the at least one mobile terminal comprises;

a reader for reading machine-readable markers including reading of the at least two machine-readable markers;

a camera for recording images; and

means for transferring images; and

wherein the at least one mobile terminal and the at least one server are programmed to;

read at least one machine-readable marker;

record at least one image;

transfer said at least one recorded image from the at least one mobile terminal to the at least one server;

transfer data from the at least one mobile terminal to the at least one server, said data being associated with the data included in said at least one machine-readable marker; and

generate via said data a comment linked to said at least one image transferred to said at least one server.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein data content of the at least two machine-readable markers is associated with the articles.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reader encompasses a decoder for decoding information embedded in image data.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reader encompasses a receiver for electric, magnetic and/or electromagnetic fields.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mobile terminal encompasses a reader for contactless smartcards, NFC chips or RFID labels.

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a sequence control able to control or coordinate reading of markers and recording and transfer of images.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the sequence control runs on the at least one mobile terminal.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mobile terminal is a mobile telephone.

9. A method for transferring an image from a mobile terminal to a server, wherein at least one machine-readable marker is read, at least one image is recorded, said at least one recorded image is transferred to a remote server, data are transferred to a remote server, said data being associated with the data included in the at least one machine-readable marker, wherein a comment linked to the image transferred to the remote server is generated via these data.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the image and the data are wirelessly transferred to the server.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the data transferred to the remote server include at least a portion of the data included in the at least one machine-readable marker.

12. A method for transferring information, in particular of image data, wherein a plurality of images is recorded, wherein at least one of the images encompasses a machine-readable marker and is fed to an image identification method, and wherein a portion of the images is linked as an image sequence as a function of the identified image type, wherein at least one recorded image is transferred from at least one mobile terminal to at least one server;

wherein data is transferred from the at least one mobile terminal to the at least one server, said data being associated with the data included in said at least one machine-readable marker, and wherein

a comment is generated via said data linked to said at least one image transferred to said at least one server.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein a plurality of images is recorded and is linked as an image sequence as a function of the time of the recording of said images.

14. The method according to claim 12 wherein a plurality of images is recorded, and wherein at least a portion of the images is transferred and is linked as an image sequence at a receiver as a function of a sender.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein information relating to a position of a mobile terminal are queried via a localizing function of a network operator and are transferred to a server.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein information relating to a position of a mobile terminal are queried via a positioning function of the mobile terminal and are transferred to a server.