System and Method for Image and Data Upload by Means of a Terminal

• US 20090291671A1
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NM, LLC
• Original Assignee: Gavitec AG (NeoMedia Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Mueller, Frank, Joussen, Mario
• Granted Patent: US 8,238,885 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00342 with a radio frequency tag transmitter or receiver storage of additional information in an RFID tag attached to an image bearing paper sheet H04N1/32138
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title

Abstract

In order to avoid erroneous or incorrectly attributed comments in picture-assisted documentation systems, the invention proposes a system which comprises at least one mobile terminal, at least one server and at least two machine-readable markers applied to or on articles, in which the mobile terminal comprises a reading unit which can be used to read the markers applied to or on the articles, a camera for taking pictures, and means for sending pictures.

Claims

1. A system for transferring an image from a mobile terminal to a server, said system comprising at least one mobile terminal, at least one server and at least two machine-readable markers of different contents, which are mounted to or on articles, wherein the terminal is at least intermittently in contact with the server and communicates with said server;

and the mobile terminal comprises a reader as means for reading machine-readable markers, by means of which the markers mounted to or on the articles can be read, a camera for recording images as well as means for transferring images.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the data content of the machine-readable markers mounted to or on the articles is associated with the articles.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reader encompasses a decoder for decoding information, which is embedded in image data.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reader encompasses a receiver for electric, magnetic and/or electromagnetic fields.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal encompasses a reader for contactless smartcards, NFC chips or RFID labels.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a sequence control by means of which the reading of markers, the recording and the transfer of images can be controlled or coordinated.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the sequence control runs on the terminal.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile telephone.

9. A method for transferring an image from a mobile terminal to a server, wherein at least one machine-readable marker is read, at least one image is recorded, said recorded image is transferred to a remote server, data are transferred to a remote server, said data being associated with the data included in the machine-readable marker and where a comment, which is linked to the image transferred to the server, is generated by means of these data.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the image and the data are wirelessly transferred to the server.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the data, which are transferred to the remote server, include at least a portion of the data included in the machine-readable marker.

12. A method for transferring information, in particular of image data, where a plurality of images is recorded, wherein a portion of the images is linked as image sequence as a function of the time of the recording of said images.

13. The method, in particular according to claim 12, for transferring information, in particular of image data, where a plurality of images is recorded, wherein at least a portion of the images is fed to an image identification method and is linked as an image sequence as a function of the identified image type.

14. The method, in particular according to claim 12 for transferring information, in particular of image data, where a plurality of images is recorded, wherein at least a portion of the images is transferred and is linked as an image sequence at the receiver as a function of the sender.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the images encompasses a machine-readable marker.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein information relating to a position of a mobile terminal are queried by means of a localizing function of a network operator and are transferred to the server.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein information relating to a position of a mobile terminal are queried by means of a positioning function of the terminal and are transferred to the server.

19. The billboard according to claim 16, wherein it encompasses a bill, which encompasses a machine-readable marker.

20. The billboard according to claim 17, wherein the bill encompasses the machine-readable marker on its rear side.

18. A billboard comprising a machine-readable marker.