Tagging camera

• US 8,878,955 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2013
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Freezecrowd, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Freezecrowd, Inc.
• Inventors: Leebow, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LUONG TRUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/861,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20130229537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/784 the detected or recognised objects being people
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/787 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

A tagging camera device may include an image capturing logic configured to receive an image signal containing data representing at least one of a photographic image and a digital video. The tagging camera device may further include database communication logic configured to receive from at least one database data representing information from an online social network. The tagging camera device may further include identification logic configured to receive an identifying signal containing data identifying one or more objects appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video. The tagging camera device may further include tagging logic configured to tag a portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video by associating the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with the data representing information from the online social network based on the data identifying the one or more objects appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video, where the tagging logic is configured to automatically tag the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

at least one lens;

image capturing logic configured to capture at least one of a photographic image and a digital video of at least one object from light transmitted through the at least one lens;

database communication logic configured to receive data from at least one database;

identification logic configured to receive a signal from an identifying device on the at least one object, where the signal contains data identifying the at least one-object;

tagging logic configured to automatically tag a portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video by associating the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with the at least one identified object; and

an image frame viewer configured to display the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video.

2. The device of claim 1, where the identifying device is selected from the group consisting of an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a ring, an earring, a hat, a wireless telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, and an implant.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising marking logic configured to automatically electronically mark the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video to uniquely identify the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video independently of a file name of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video, where the marking logic is configured to automatically electronically mark the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with a mark selected from the group consisting of a bar code and metadata.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising touch screen logic configured to cause the image frame viewer to display the data identifying the at least one object upon a user touching the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video on the image frame viewer.

5. The device of claim 4, where the data identifying the at least one object includes product specifications, product advertisement, product offers, product coupons, product purchasing information, product ordering information, links to sites where a product may be purchased.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising touch screen logic configured to cause the device to initiate communication with websites where a product may be purchased upon a user touching the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video on the image frame viewer.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising live event broadcast signal receiving logic configured to receive a live event broadcast signal, where the image capturing logic is further configured to capture the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video from the live event broadcast signal.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions comprising:

image capturing logic configured to receive an image signal containing data representing at least one of a photographic image and a digital video;

database communication logic configured to receive data from at least one database;

identification logic configured to receive an identifying signal containing data identifying one or more objects appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video; and

tagging logic configured to tag a portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video by associating the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with the data from said at least one database based on the data identifying the one or more objects appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video, where the tagging logic is configured to automatically tag the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising a sound recording logic configured to record sounds and associate the sounds with the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising marking logic configured to automatically electronically mark the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video to uniquely identify the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video independently of a file name of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, where the marking logic is configured to automatically electronically mark the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with a mark, where the mark is selected from the group consisting of a bar code and metadata.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, where the image signal is a live event broadcast signal.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8,

where the data from said at least one database includes product specifications, product advertisement, product offers, product coupons, product purchasing information, product ordering information, links to sites where a product may be purchased,

where the identification logic is configured to receive the identifying signal from a signaling device on the at least one object appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video,

where the identifying signal indicates that the at least one object is a particular type of object, and

where the tagging logic is configured to automatically tag the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video by associating the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with the particular type of object.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, where the identifying signal is received from a device selected from the group consisting of an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a ring, an earring, a hat, a wireless telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, and an implant.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising recognition logic configured to recognize the at least one object appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video from physical features of the at least one object appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising touch screen logic configured to cause an image frame viewer to display the data identifying the at least one object upon a user touching the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video on the image frame viewer.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, where the data identifying the at least one object includes product specifications, product advertisement, product offers, product coupons, product purchasing information, product ordering information, links to sites where a product may be purchased.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising touch screen logic configured to initiate communication with websites where a product may be purchased upon a user touching the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video on an image frame viewer.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8,

where the data from said at least one database includes data representing product information regarding at least one product appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video,

where the identifying signal identifies the at least one product appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video, and

where the tagging logic is configured to tag the at least one product by associating a product portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with the data representing product information regarding the at least one product.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising touch screen logic configured to cause an image frame viewer to display the product information associated with the product portion upon a user touching the product portion on the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video on the image frame viewer.