SYSTEM FOR IMAGE INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION AND CREATION

• US 20120177304A1
• Filed: 01/12/2011
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Taber, James E.
• Application Number:
  US13/005,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20120177304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/284
• 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 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

In certain embodiments, an apparatus is provided that includes at least one computer-readable medium comprising code, that, when executed by at least one processor, is operable to: receive an image query, translate the image query to a server, receive an image based on the query from the server, receive image overlay data, and fuse the image overlay data with the image to create an image product.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising code, that, when executed by at least one processor, is operable to;

receive an image query;

translate the image query into a format understandable by a server;

receive an image from the server based on the image query;

receive image overlay data; and

fuse the image overlay data with the image to create an image product.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the image overlay data comprises metadata and annotations in machine parsable format.

3. The apparatus claim 2 wherein fusing the image overlay data with the image to create an image product comprises modifying the image received from the server by drawing the image overlay data at a location in the image specified by the image overlay data.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein fusing the image overlay data with the image to create an image product comprises modifying a header of the image file to include the image overlay data.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein fusing the image overlay data with the image to create an image product comprises creating a data file associated with the image, the data file containing the image overlay data.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the code is further operable to:

receive multiple image results from the server;

return the image results to a client;

receive an image selection from the client;

order the image selection from the server;

receive the selected image from the server; and

return the image to the client.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the client comprises an autonomous application.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the code is further operable to create the image product in a format selected by a client.

9. A method for creating an exploited image product, comprising:

receiving, at a computer, an image query;

translating, by the computer, the image query to a server;

receiving, at the computer, an image from the server based on the image query;

receiving, at the computer, image overlay data; and

creating, by the computer, an exploited image product by fusing the image overlay data with the image.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the image overlay data comprises metadata, annotations, location data, or time data in JSON object format.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein fusing the image overlay data with the image to create an image product comprises drawing a graphic specified by the image overlay data at a location in the image specified by the image overlay data.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein fusing the image overlay data with the image to create an image product comprises modifying a header of the image file to include the image overlay data.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein fusing the image overlay data with the image to create an image product comprises creating a data file associated with the image, the data file containing the image overlay data.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving, at the computer, multiple image results from the server;

returning, by the computer, the image results to a client;

receiving, by the computer, an image selection from the client;

ordering, by the computer, the image selection from the server;

receiving, at the computer, the selected image from the server; and

returning, by the computer, the image to the client.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

creating, by the computer, the image product in a format selected by a client.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the client comprises an autonomous application.

17. A system, comprising:

a client computer;

a service computer in communication with the client computer; and

an application server in communication with the service computer;

wherein the service computer is operable to;

receive an image query from the client computer;

translate the image query to a format understandable by the application server;

receive an image from the server based on the image query;

receive image overlay data; and

fuse the image overlay data with the image to create an image product.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the service computer is further operable to create the image product in a format selected by the client, said formats selected from the group consisting of jpeg, gif, bmp, kmz/kml, and NITF.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein fusing the image overlay data with the image to create an image product comprises modifying the image file.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the client computer comprises:

an interface operable to send requests to the service computer and receive request results from the service computer; and

a viewer operable to display request results on the client computer.