Regional proximity for shared image device(s)

• US 9,819,490 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2010
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Haskins, Twyler
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trehan, Akshay
• Application Number:
  US12/799,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20100271490A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,762 Days
• Field of Search: 348207, 3482071
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/00 Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00164 at a remote location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00283 with a television apparatus
• 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 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3238 using a coded or compressed version of the image data itself
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/634 Warning indications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/662 : by using master/slave camera arrangements for affecting the control of camera image capture, e.g. placing the camera in a desirable condition to capture a desired image

Abstract

Different aspects of the disclosure relate to either transmitting at least one portion of at least one image representation from, or receiving at least one portion of the at least one image representation at, a shared image device in a manner at least partially relying on a positioning of the shared image device within a sharing region.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device at least partially based on a photographic password, including at least;

circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link;

circuitry for receiving, at the first image capture device, at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device;

circuitry for determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password; and

circuitry for permitting the communication link between the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password;

circuitry for obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device;

circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link; and

circuitry for receiving, from the at least a second image capture device, at least one indication associated with the first image capture device obtaining one or more additional image representations.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link comprises:

circuitry for transferring at least one video stream obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device comprises:

circuitry for combining at least one image representation with at least one other image representation obtained by the first image capture device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link comprises:

circuitry for pushing at least one thumbnail representative of a field of view of the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device, the at least a second image capture device including at least one display configured for displaying one or more representations of the field of view of the first image capture device in real-time, the at least one display including at least a different native resolution than a native resolution of the first image capture device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one video stream from the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device, the at least a second image capture device including at least one display formatted for displaying the at least one video stream as a remote viewfinder for the first image capture device.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for storing, by at least one cloud-based server, at least one additional image representation obtained by the first image capture device.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for user-controllably capturing at least one additional image representation at least partially responsive to a capture command received via the user interface of the at least a second image capture device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing an optical wireless communication link between a single first image capture device and at least two other image capture devices, the optical wireless communication link operable to permit the two other image capture devices to simultaneously obtain one or more shared images from the single first image capture device through simultaneous reception of a single optical wireless transmission from the first image capture device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a wireless communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the wireless communication link including at least one of a Wi-Fi communication link or a Bluetooth communication link.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a wireless communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the wireless communication link including at least a camera flash link; and

wherein circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link includes at least;

circuitry for transferring at least one shared image, including at least the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device, to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the camera flash link.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a wireless communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the wireless communication link including at least an Internet link.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a wireless communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the wireless communication link including at least an infra-red link.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the communication link including at least a feedback line configured for providing one or more commands to the first image capture device from the at least a second image capture device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the communication link including at least a feedback line configured for providing one or more commands to the first image capture device from the at least a second image capture device comprises:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the communication link including at least a feedback line configured for the at least a second image capture device to provide a command for the first image capture device to change a field of view.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the communication link including at least a feedback line configured for providing one or more commands to the first image capture device from the at least a second image capture device comprises:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device, the communication link including at least a feedback line configured for the at least a second image capture device to provide a command for the first image capture device to change a level of zoom.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device at least partially based on geographic regional proximity of the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device and at least partially based on a photographic password.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device at least partially based on a photographic password, the photographic password including at least one image captured and transmitted by the at least a second image capture device to the first image capture device in association with a request by the at least a second image capture device to establish the communication link with the first image capture device.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a digital camera as the first image capture device and a cellular phone as the at least a second image capture device.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining, by the first image capture device, at least one image representative of a field of view of the first image capture device.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining, by the first image capture device, at least one still image representative of a field of view of the first image capture device.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining, by the first image capture device, at least one thumbnail representative of a field of view of the first image capture device.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining, by the first image capture device, at least one image representative of a field of view of the first image capture device and at least one GPS position of the first image capture device.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link comprises:

circuitry for transferring at least one thumbnail representative of a field of view of the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link comprises:

circuitry for transferring at least one indication of the at least one field of view in the at least one viewfinder of the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device, the at least a second image capture device configured as a remote viewfinder for the first image capture device.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device at least partially based on a photographic password comprises:

circuitry for enabling the at least a second image capture device to act as a remote viewfinder for the first image capture device.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link comprises:

circuitry for transferring a video stream from the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link, the video stream including at least a real-time representation of a field of view of the first image capture device.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving, from the at least a second image capture device at least one indication associated with the first image capture device obtaining one or more additional image representations comprises:

circuitry for receiving, from the at least a second image capture device at least one request associated with the first image capture device modifying a field of view of the first image capture device and transferring representations of the modified field of view of the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password comprises:

circuitry for utilizing an image recognition algorithm for determining whether the image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein circuitry for utilizing an image recognition algorithm for determining whether the image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password comprises:

circuitry for utilizing an image recognition algorithm of the first image capture device for determining whether the image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link comprises:

circuitry for obtaining one or more of at least one number or at least one letter identifying the at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link; and

circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern representing the obtained one or more of at least one number or at least one letter identifying the at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password comprises:

circuitry for determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying the first image capture device.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein circuitry for determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying the first image capture device comprises:

circuitry for determining whether the at least one image representation includes at least one identification of at least one serially-extending image capture device, including at least determining whether the at least one image representation includes at least one representation of at least one serial number identifying the first image capture device.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for permitting the communication link between the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password comprises:

circuitry for permitting the communication link between the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device if the image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password and, if the image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device does not include at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, denying the communication link between the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving, at the first image capture device, at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device comprises:

circuitry for receiving, at the first image capture device, at least one image representation transmitted from the at least a second image capture device.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving, at the first image capture device, at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device comprises:

circuitry for receiving, subsequent to causing the first image capture device to display the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, at least one image representation from the at least a second image capture device, the at least one image representation received from the at least a second image capture device presumed to have been captured by the at least a second image capture device.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link comprises:

circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern representative of at least one of a host-name or sharing session ID.

37. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link comprises:

circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern uniquely identifying the first image capture device.

38. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link comprises:

circuitry for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern uniquely identifying a sharing session established via the communication link.

39. A method, comprising:

establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device at least partially based on a photographic password, including at least;

causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link;

receiving, at the first image capture device, at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device;

determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password; and

permitting the communication link between the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or pattern configured as the photographic password;

obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device;

transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link; and

receiving, from the at least a second image capture device at least one indication associated with the first image capture device obtaining one or more additional image representations,

wherein at least one of the establishing, obtaining, transferring, or receiving is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices.

40. A computer program product, comprising:

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least;

one or more instructions for establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device at least partially based on a photographic password, including at least;

one or more instructions for causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link;

one or more instructions for receiving, at the first image capture device, at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device;

one or more instructions for determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password; and

one or more instructions for permitting the communication link between the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password;

one or more instructions for obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device;

one or more instructions for transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link; and

one or more instructions for receiving, from the at least a second image capture device at least one indication associated with the first image capture device obtaining one or more additional image representations.

41. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform one or more operations including at least;

establishing a communication link between a first image capture device and at least a second image capture device at least partially based on a photographic password, including at least;

causing the first image capture device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first image capture device or the communication link;

receiving, at the first image capture device, at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device;

determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password; and

permitting the communication link between the first image capture device and the at least a second image capture device at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second image capture device includes at least the at least one of shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password;

obtaining at least one image representation by the first image capture device;

transferring the at least one image representation obtained by the first image capture device to the at least a second image capture device at least partially via the communication link; and

receiving, from control the at least a second image capture device at least one indication associated with the first image capture device obtaining one or more additional image representations.

42. A system, comprising:

circuitry for establishing a communication link between a first mobile device and at least a second mobile device at least partially based on a photographic password, including at least;

circuitry for causing the first mobile device to display at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password, the at least one of a shape or a pattern identifying at least one of the first mobile device or the communication link;

circuitry for receiving, at the first mobile device, at least one image representation captured by the at least a second mobile device;

circuitry for determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second mobile device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password; and

circuitry for permitting the communication link between the first mobile device and the at least a second mobile device at least partially based on the determining whether the at least one image representation captured by the at least a second mobile device includes at least the at least one of a shape or a pattern configured as the photographic password;

circuitry for obtaining at least one representation of textual information by the first mobile device, including at least transforming the at least one representation of textual information at least partially based on the photographic password;

circuitry for transferring the transformed at least one representation of textual information obtained by the first mobile device to the at least a second mobile device at least partially via the communication link; and

circuitry for determining at least one indication associated with a remaining number of transformations by the first mobile device of representations of textual information at least partially based on the photographic password.