METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A USER TAKING A PHOTO WITH A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20130128059A1
• Filed: 03/06/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kristensson, Andreas
• Application Number:
  US13/413,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20130128059A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image

Abstract

A method for supporting a user taking a photo with a mobile device and a system comprising a mobile device and a server are described.

Claims

1. A method for supporting a user taking a photo with a mobile device, the method comprising:

obtaining sensor information defining at least one parameter of the mobile device with respect to a photo scene in an environment of the mobile device,

retrieving at least one photo capture setting from a database based on the sensor information, and

outputting the at least one photo capture setting to the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein retrieving the at least one photo capture setting comprises:

transmitting the sensor information from the mobile device to a server,

retrieving the at least one photo capture setting from a database of the server based on the sensor information, and

transmitting the at least one photo capture setting from the server to the mobile device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein retrieving the at least one photo capture setting comprises:

retrieving at least one photo from the database based on the sensor information, and

determining the at least one photo capture setting based on the at least one photo from the database.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein retrieving the at least one photo capture setting comprises:

retrieving a plurality of photos from the database based on the sensor information, each of the retrieved photos comprising a rating, and

determining the at least one photo capture setting based on the photo with the highest rating.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the sensor information comprises at least one of a group comprising:

determining a geographical position of the mobile device,

determining a geographical direction in which an image capture unit of the mobile device is directed, and

capturing an image of the environment in a direction in which the image capture unit of the mobile device is directed.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one photo capture setting comprises at least one of a group comprising:

an image of the photo scene retrieved from the database,

a position information for positioning the mobile device for taking a photo of the photo scene,

a direction information for directing the user of the mobile device to move to a position for taking a photo of the photo scene,

a time of the day information for taking a photo of the photo scene, and

a weather information for taking a photo of the photo scene.

7. A mobile device, comprising:

a sensor for providing a sensor information defining at least one parameter of the mobile device with respect to a photo scene in an environment of the mobile device,

an output unit for outputting information to a user of the mobile device, and

a processing unit configured to retrieve at least one photo capture setting from a database based on the sensor information and to output the at least one photo capture setting to the user via the output unit.

8. The mobile device according to claim 7, further comprising a transceiver unit for communicating with a server, the server being configured to retrieve the at least one photo capture setting from a database based on the sensor information, wherein the processing unit is configured to transmit the sensor information to the server, and to receive the at least one photo capture setting from the server.

9. The mobile device according to claim 7, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a group comprising:

a positioning sensor configured to determine a geographical position of the mobile device,

a direction sensor configured to determine a geographical direction in which an image capture unit of the mobile device is directed, and

the image capture unit configured to capture an image of the environment of the mobile device as the at least one parameter.

10. The mobile device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one photo capture setting comprise at least one of a group comprising:

an image of the photo scene retrieved from the database,

a position information for positioning the mobile device for taking a photo of the photo scene,

a direction information for directing the user of the mobile device to move to a position for taking a photo of the photo scene,

a time of the day information for taking a photo of the photo scene, and

a weather information for taking a photo of the photo scene.

11. The mobile device according to claim 7, wherein the mobile device comprises at least one mobile device of a group comprising a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a mobile music player, a mobile computer, a mobile navigation system, and a mobile camera.

13. A system comprising:

(a) a server comprising

a transceiver unit for communicating with a mobile device,

a database for storing a plurality of photos, and

a processing unit configured to retrieve a corresponding photo from the database based on sensor information received from the mobile device, the sensor information defining at least one parameter of the mobile device with respect to a photo scene in an environment of the mobile device, to generate at least one photo capture setting based on the corresponding photo or to retrieve at least one photo capture setting associated to the photo from the database, and to transmit the at least one photo capture setting to the mobile device, and

(b) a mobile device according to claim 7.

12. A server, comprising

a transceiver unit for communicating with a mobile device,

a database for storing a plurality of photos, and

a processing unit configured to retrieve a corresponding photo from the database based on sensor information received from the mobile device, the sensor information defining at least one parameter of the mobile device with respect to a photo scene in an environment of the mobile device, to generate at least one photo capture setting based on the corresponding photo or to retrieve at least one photo capture setting associated to the photo from the database, and to transmit the at least one photo capture setting to the mobile device.