Embedding Biometric Data in Image Metadata
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable computing devices primarily use biometric data for fitness purposes and lack integration with recorded images, limiting the utilization of biometric data for mood analysis and user account linking.
Innovation Solution
An imaging device records images and wirelessly receives biometric data from wearable computing devices, embedding identifiers and biometric data as metadata, allowing for mood determination and linking to user accounts, enabling users to retrieve biometric data and search images based on mood.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If biometric data from wearable computing devices is integrated with recorded images, then the utilization of biometric data for mood analysis and user account linking is enhanced, but the device complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines biometric data from wearable computing devices with recorded images by embedding the biometric data as metadata within the image files. This merging approach allows the imaging device to leverage both data sources together, enabling mood analysis and user account linking while maintaining a unified data structure that avoids excessive system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging device is designed to perform multiple functions: capturing images, receiving biometric data from wearable devices, embedding the data in metadata, and enabling various applications including mood analysis and user account association. This multi-functionality approach allows one device to handle diverse tasks without requiring separate specialized systems
2Adaptability or versatility
If biometric data is embedded as metadata in recorded images, then mood determination and image search capabilities are enabled, but the data processing and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The biometric data is embedded as metadata at the time the image is captured and received, rather than being added later. This preliminary action ensures the data is already prepared and associated with the correct image, enabling immediate mood determination and search capabilities without requiring additional processing steps later
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses metadata as a copy or attachment to the image data. The biometric information is stored in a structured format within the image file's metadata fields, allowing the original image data to remain unchanged while adding supplementary information that enables mood analysis and search functionality
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AI summary
According to an example method implemented by an imaging device, an image is recorded of a subject to which a wearable computing device is secured. Responsive to the recording, the imaging device wirelessly receives data from the wearable computing device. The data includes an identifier of the wearable computing device and biometric data of the subject. The identifier and biometric data are embedded as metadata in the recorded image.