Automatic Digital Multimedia Sharing via Event Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for sharing digital photographs and videos captured by camera-equipped computing devices are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring users to manually select and send images, often mixing event-related photos with personal or unrelated ones, leading to tedious identification and sharing processes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatic sharing of digital multimedia, where the device enters a digital multimedia sharing mode based on calendar entry data, segregates event-related photos and videos, and automatically shares them with event participants, using a digital multimedia container and participant data to identify and distribute relevant content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual photo selection and sharing is used, then users can control which photos are shared, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting event boundaries, segmenting photos into event-related and personal categories, and preparing event photos for sharing before the user initiates the sharing process. This eliminates the need for users to manually review and select photos after an event.
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by autonomously identifying event photos based on calendar data and temporal patterns, automatically segregating them from personal photos, and preparing them for sharing without requiring user intervention in the selection process.
2Extent of automation
If all captured photos are shared, then sharing is automated, but personal or unrelated photos are included in the shared content
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the photo collection into distinct categories: event-related photos and personal photos. This segmentation is achieved by analyzing temporal patterns, comparing capture times against calendar event data, and separating photos that fall within event time windows from those that do not.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts event-related photos from the mixed collection of all captured photos by identifying photos whose capture timestamps align with scheduled event times in the calendar database, isolating only the relevant content for sharing.
3Reliability
If manual review of all photos is performed, then only relevant photos are shared, but user effort and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from calendar event data to automatically determine which photos are event-related. By comparing photo capture timestamps against scheduled event times and locations, the system reliably identifies relevant photos without requiring manual user review.
Data Source
AI summary
Devices and methods for automatic sharing of digital multimedia include, in one embodiment, obtaining factor data affecting a decision on whether or not to enter a digital multimedia sharing mode for an event or meeting; entering the digital multimedia sharing based on the factor data; storing digital photograph data produced by a camera module while in the sharing mode and automatically making the digital photograph data available to one or more participants of the event or meeting via a synchronized data container or a shareable link of an online content management system.