Systems and methods for providing image feedback

• US 8,693,807 B1
• Filed: 02/23/2012
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Gossweiler, Richard Carl III, Baluja, Shumeet, Kamvar, Maryam
• Primary Examiner(s): STREGE, JOHN B
• Application Number:
  US13/403,513
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 382/112, 382/254, 382/276, 382/289, 382/294, 382/295, 382/296
• US Class Current: 382/289
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/695 Imported photos, e.g. of the player
• 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 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3254 Orientation, e.g. landscape or portrait; Location or order of the image data, e.g. in memory

Abstract

A computer-implemented method may include receiving, over a network, an image from an image capture device, determining an image adjustment to the image, and communicating, over the network, the image adjustment to the image capture device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, over a network, an image from an image capture device;

presenting the image to a plurality of independent users;

requesting that the plurality of independent users make an adjustment to the image;

calculating an overall image adjustment by accumulating and statistically analyzing the adjustments of the plurality of independent users; and

communicating, over the network, the overall image adjustment to the image capture device.

2. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein receiving the image from the image capture device comprises receiving, over the network, the image from a camera.

3. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein receiving the image from the image capture device comprises receiving, over the network, the image from a mobile device having a camera.

4. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein receiving the image from the image capture device comprises receiving, over the network, the image from a scanner.

5. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein calculating the image overall adjustment comprises calculating a correction angle for the image using an image aligner.

6. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein:

requesting that the plurality of users make an adjustment to the image comprises requesting that the plurality of independent users reorient the image;

calculating the overall image adjustment comprises calculating a correction angle based on the reorientations of the image by the plurality of independent users; and

communicating the image overall adjustment comprises communicating the correction angle to the image capture device.

7. The computer-implemented method as in claim 6 further comprising:

receiving additional reorientations of the image from additional independent users;

recalculating the correction angle to include the additional reorientations of the image from the additional independent users; and

communicating the recalculated correction angle to the image capture device.

8. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein:

presenting the image to the plurality of independent users comprises presenting the image to a plurality of independent users in a game setting;

requesting that the plurality of users make an adjustment to the image comprises requesting that the plurality of independent users make the adjustment to the image as part of a game in the game setting; and

calculating the overall image adjustment comprises calculating the overall image adjustment based on results of the game.

9. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein:

presenting the image to the plurality of independent users comprises presenting the image to a plurality of independent users in a game setting;

requesting that the plurality of users make an adjustment to the image comprises requesting that the plurality of independent users reorient the image as part of a game in the game setting;

calculating the overall image adjustment comprises calculating a correction angle for the image based on results of the game; and

communicating the overall image adjustment comprises communicating the correction angle to the image capture device.

10. The computer-implemented method as in claim 1 wherein:

receiving the image comprises receiving, over the network, the image and image location metadata from the image capture device; and

calculating the overall image adjustment comprises calculating the overall image adjustment based on images stored in an image repository having similar image location metadata.

11. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

receive, over a network, an image from an image capture device;

present the image to a plurality of independent users;

request that the plurality of independent users make an adjustment to the image;

calculate an overall image adjustment by accumulating and statistically analyzing the adjustments of the plurality of independent users; and

communicate, over the network, the image overall adjustment to the image capture device.

12. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the instructions further cause the computer system to:

request that the plurality of independent users reorient the image;

calculate a correction angle based on the reorientations of the image by the plurality of independent users; and

communicate the correction angle to the image capture device.

13. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 wherein the instructions further cause the computer system to:

receive additional reorientations of the image from additional independent users;

recalculate the correction angle to include the additional reorientations of the image from the additional independent users; and

communicate the recalculated correction angle to the image capture device.

14. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the instructions further cause the computer system to:

present the image to a plurality of independent users in an online game setting,

request that the plurality of independent users make the adjustment to the image as part of a game in the online game setting; and

calculate the overall image adjustment based on results of the game.

15. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the instructions further cause the computer system to:

present the image to one or more independent users in an online game setting,

request that the users reorient the image as part of a game in the online game setting;

calculate a correction angle based on results of the game; and

communicate the correction angle to the image capture device.

16. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the instructions further cause the computer system to:

receive, over the network, the image and image location metadata from the image capture device; and

calculate the overall image adjustment based on images stored in an image repository having similar image location metadata.

17. A method, comprising:

capturing an image using an image capture device;

communicating the image over a network from the image capture device to an image server; and

receiving, at the image capture device, an overall image adjustment from the image server over the network, wherein the overall image adjustment is calculated by accumulating and statistically analyzing a plurality of adjustments to the image from a plurality of independent users.

18. The method as in claim 17 wherein the image capture device comprises a camera.

19. The method as in claim 17 wherein the image capture device comprises a mobile device having a camera.

20. The method as in claim 17 wherein the image adjustment comprises a correction angle that is calculated based on a plurality of reorientations of the image from the plurality of independent users.