Identifying and tracking digital images with customized metadata
First Claim
1. A method of operating a digital camera, the method comprising:
- capturing an image of a human subject using a digital camera;
receiving non-GPS information identifying the subject in the image;
storing the image in an image file in a memory device of the digital camera, wherein the image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format; and
storing the information in at least one GPS data field of metadata in the image file in the memory device of the digital camera to associate the information identifying the subject with the image.
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Abstract
A method of tracking digital images includes inputting data identifying a subject of an image into a camera, acquiring an image with the camera, and storing the image and the inputted data, as metadata, in an image file when the image is acquired. The method can be implemented using a scanner, a digital camera, and a data processor. The scanner obtains the identifying data and transmits the data to the camera. The camera obtains digital images and embeds the data into digital image files encoding the digital images. The identifying data has a format different from any of the formats processable by the digital camera. The data processor converts the format of the identifying data to one of the plurality of formats processable by the digital camera loads the converted information into the digital camera as metadata.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of operating a digital camera, the method comprising:
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capturing an image of a human subject using a digital camera; receiving non-GPS information identifying the subject in the image; storing the image in an image file in a memory device of the digital camera, wherein the image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format; and storing the information in at least one GPS data field of metadata in the image file in the memory device of the digital camera to associate the information identifying the subject with the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A digital camera system comprising:
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an image capture device; at least one processing device; and at least one memory device, the at least one memory device storing program instructions, which when executed by the at least one processing device cause the at least one processing device to; capture an image of a person using the image capture device; receive non-GPS information in a first format, the information identifying the person in the image and including a subject identification code; transform the information from the first format into a GPS format processable by the digital camera; store the image in an image file in the at least one memory device, wherein the image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format; and store the information in at least one GPS data field of the image file, the information identifying the person as metadata in the image file at the digital camera system to associate the information identifying the person with the image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of associating an image with organizational information, the method comprising:
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reading a barcode encoding non-GPS information identifying a human subject to be photographed, the information including a subject identification code; generating digital data from the read barcode in a first format, the digital data representing the information identifying the subject; transforming the digital data from the first format into a GPS format processable by a digital camera; and providing the digital data to the digital camera to store the information in at least one GPS data field of metadata in an image file containing a photograph of the subject captured by the digital camera, wherein the image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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a processing device; and at least one memory device storing program instructions, which when executed by the processing device cause the processing device to; read a barcode encoding non-GPS information identifying a human subject to be photographed, the information having a first format and including a subject identification code; generate digital data from the read barcode in the first format, the digital data representing the information identifying the subject, the digital data having a second format different from the first format; transform the digital data from the second format into a GPS data format processable by a digital camera; and provide the digital data in the GPS data format to the digital camera to store the information as metadata in at least one GPS data field of an image file containing a photograph of the subject captured by the digital camera, wherein the image file is a single digital data file encoded in the memory device according to a standard digital image file format.
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