Method and apparatus for image collection and analysis
First Claim
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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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can detect an event, access location information for a group of mobile communication devices that are each automatically capturing images, and identify a subset of the group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the event based on the location information. The processor can provide first image analysis criteria to the subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices where the first image analysis criteria includes first characteristics associated with an object. The processor can receive a first target image that includes the object from a first mobile communication device of the subset of the group of mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
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obtaining first images, wherein the obtaining is performed automatically by a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices; determining a first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an event; determining from the first characteristics whether the first mobile communication device is likely to have captured images of the event; responsive to determining that the first mobile communication device is likely to have captured images of the event; applying 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 second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the event; and providing the second image analysis criteria to a second mobile communication device of the group of mobile communication devices to enable the second mobile communication device to perform image pattern recognition on second images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; obtaining first images, wherein the obtaining is performed automatically by a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices; determining, by the first mobile communication device, first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an event; applying 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 second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the event; providing the second image analysis criteria to a second mobile communication device of the group of mobile communication devices to enable the second mobile communication device to perform a second image pattern recognition on second images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the event; receiving the second image pattern recognition from the second mobile communication device; and determining whether the second mobile communication device is likely to have captured images of the event based on the second image pattern recognition. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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