Image Capture Source Identification in Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern portable electronic devices face challenges in efficiently searching and organizing non-alphanumeric information such as pictures and videos, as existing technologies lack features to simplify the process of identifying the source of image capture commands and associating metadata with images.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of methods and devices in electronic devices to identify the source of image capture commands using sensors and processors, applying digital data identifiers as metadata to images, and utilizing techniques like voice recognition, facial recognition, and depth scanning to determine the author of the images, which can then be used for easier searching, sorting, and sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If sensors and processors are used to identify the source of image capture commands, then image organization and search efficiency are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by using existing sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, microphone, camera) for their primary purposes while also utilizing them to identify the image capture source. The processor performs both standard device operations and source identification analysis, making the existing components serve multiple functions without adding dedicated hardware for source identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the device's own built-in sensors and processors to identify the source of image capture commands, eliminating the need for external identification systems. The device self-services by leveraging its existing computational resources and sensor array to automatically tag images with source information.
2Ease of operation
If digital data identifiers are applied to images as metadata, then image search and sorting capabilities are improved, but data processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by embedding the source identification metadata directly into the image file during the capture process itself, rather than adding it later during retrieval or organization. This approach ensures the metadata is already prepared and attached when the image is created, eliminating subsequent processing delays.
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are used to identify the command source, then identification accuracy is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, microphone, camera) into a unified source identification system. By combining data from these sensors and processing them together through a single identification algorithm, the system achieves high accuracy while avoiding the energy overhead of running separate independent identification systems for each sensor.
Data Source
AI summary
A method, and corresponding electronic device, receives, at a user interface of the electronic device, a command to capture one or more images. An imager of the electronic device initiates capturing the one or more images. One or more sensors of the electronic device, optionally in conjunction with one or more processors, identify a source of the command to capture the one or more images. The one or more processors can then apply a digital data identifier to the one or more images, the digital data identifier identifying the source of the command to capture the one or more images.