Automatic generation of metadata for a digital image based on meterological conditions
First Claim
1. A method for automatically generating metadata for a digital image, comprising:
- determining a plurality of meteorological conditions at the time of image capture associated with a location of a subject of the digital image captured with a mobile image capture device including when the mobile image capture device is at a different location than the location of the subject of the digital image at the time of image capture with the different location of the mobile image capture device having different meteorological conditions than the meteorological conditions associated with the location of the subject of the digital image, the plurality of meteorological conditions including variations of the meteorological conditions over time by receiving indications of the meteorological conditions at a plurality of times including at least one of a time before the time of image capture, at the time of image capture, and after the time of image capture;
aggregating the indications of the meteorological conditions into at least one meteorological descriptor indicating a trend of the meteorological conditions based on user-definable aggregation rules; and
associating the meteorological descriptor with the digital image as metadata.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided for automatically generating metadata for a digital image based on meteorological conditions. Aspects of the preferred embodiment include determining a plurality of meteorological conditions associated with a location of a subject of the digital image captured with a mobile image capture device even when the device is at a different location of the location of the subject of the digital image, the plurality of meteorological conditions including variations of the conditions over time by receiving indications of the conditions at a plurality of times including at least one of a time before the time of image capture, at the time of image capture, and after the time of image capture; aggregating the indications of the meteorological conditions into at least one meteorological descriptor indicating a trend of the conditions based on user-definable aggregation rules; and associating the descriptor with the digital image as metadata.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for automatically generating metadata for a digital image, comprising:
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determining a plurality of meteorological conditions at the time of image capture associated with a location of a subject of the digital image captured with a mobile image capture device including when the mobile image capture device is at a different location than the location of the subject of the digital image at the time of image capture with the different location of the mobile image capture device having different meteorological conditions than the meteorological conditions associated with the location of the subject of the digital image, the plurality of meteorological conditions including variations of the meteorological conditions over time by receiving indications of the meteorological conditions at a plurality of times including at least one of a time before the time of image capture, at the time of image capture, and after the time of image capture; aggregating the indications of the meteorological conditions into at least one meteorological descriptor indicating a trend of the meteorological conditions based on user-definable aggregation rules; and associating the meteorological descriptor with the digital image as metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for automatically generating metadata for a digital image, comprising:
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a mobile image capture device for capturing the digital image; means for determining a plurality of meteorological conditions at the time of image capture associated with a location of a subject of the digital image captured with a mobile image capture device including when the mobile image capture device is at a different location than the location of the subject of the digital image at the time of image capture with the different location of the mobile image capture device having different meteorological conditions than the meteorological conditions associated with the location of the subject of the digital image, the plurality of meteorological conditions including variations of the meteorological conditions over time by receiving indications of the meteorological conditions at a plurality of times including at least one of a time before the time of image capture, at the time of image capture, and after the time of image capture; and a metadata application component for automatically generating the metadata for the digital images by aggregating the indications of the meteorological conditions into at least one meteorological descriptor indicating a trend of the meteorological conditions based on user-definable aggregation rules, and for associating the meteorological descriptor with the digital image as metadata. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program, executable by a machine, for automatically generating metadata for a digital image, the computer program comprising executable instructions for:
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determining a plurality of meteorological conditions at the time of image capture associated with a location of a subject of the digital image captured with a mobile image capture device including when the mobile image capture device is at a different location than the location of the subject of the digital image at the time of image capture with the different location of the mobile image capture device having different meteorological conditions than the meteorological conditions associated with the location of the subject of the digital image, the plurality of meteorological conditions including variations of the meteorological conditions over time by receiving indications of the meteorological conditions at a plurality of times including at least one of a time before the time of image capture, at the time of image capture, and after the time of image capture; aggregating the indications of the meteorological conditions into at least one meteorological descriptor indicating a trend of the meteorological conditions based on user-definable aggregation rules; and associating the meteorological descriptor with the digital image as metadata.
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Specification