Correlating asynchronously captured event data and images
First Claim
1. A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image;
(b) recording event data associated with a plurality of events, including a time of occurrence of each event, wherein a separator is produced between the event data corresponding to at least some of the events; and
(c) correlating the images and the event data by relating an image that is associated in time with the separator to event data that is nearby the separator.
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Abstract
A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events comprises the steps of: (a) capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image; (b) recording event data associated with a plurality of events, including a time of occurrence of each event, wherein a separator is produced between the event data corresponding to at least some of the events; and (c) correlating the images and the event data by relating an image that is associated in time with the separator to event data that is nearby the separator.
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1. A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image;
(b) recording event data associated with a plurality of events, including a time of occurrence of each event, wherein a separator is produced between the event data corresponding to at least some of the events; and
(c) correlating the images and the event data by relating an image that is associated in time with the separator to event data that is nearby the separator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image;
(b) recording event data associated with a plurality of events, including a time of occurrence of each event, wherein a time gap is produced between the times of at least some of the events; and
(c) correlating the images with the event data by relating images captured within the time gaps to event data that is nearby in time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including image data and a time of image capture for each image;
(b) recording event data associated with a plurality of events, including a time and location of each event, wherein groups of the events tend to be clustered in time and delineated by a separator; and
(c) correlating the images with the event groups by using the separator to relate image data to event data that is nearby in time. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image;
(b) recording event data associated with a plurality of events, including a time of occurrence of each event, wherein a location record is produced that separates the event data corresponding to at least some of the events; and
(c) correlating the image with the event data by relating an image that is associated in time with the location record to event data that is nearby the location record. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A system for capturing images and correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events, said system comprising:
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a camera system for capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image;
a data recording system for recording data associated with a plurality of events, including a time of occurrence of each event, wherein a separator is produced between the event data corresponding to at least some of the events; and
a processor for correlating the images with the event data by relating an image that is associated in time with the separator to event data that is nearby the separator. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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