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Method and apparatus for image collection and analysis

  • US 9,542,601 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2016
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • capturing first images, by a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices, the first mobile communication device comprising a processing system including a processor, wherein the capturing is performed automatically by the first mobile communication device;

    obtaining second images, by the first mobile communication device, wherein the second images are automatically captured by a second mobile communication device of the group of mobile communication devices;

    determining, by the first mobile communication device, first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an event;

    determining, by the first mobile communication device, whether the second mobile communication device is likely to have captured images of the event;

    responsive to the determining that the second mobile communication device is likely to have captured images of the event;

    applying, by the first mobile communication device, image pattern recognition to the first images according to the first image analysis criteria to identify a first target image that includes the event;

    determining, by the first mobile communication device, second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the event; and

    providing, by the first mobile communication device, the second image analysis criteria to the second mobile communication device to enable the second mobile communication device to perform image pattern recognition on the second images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the event.

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