Media Item Identification Using Device Proximity and Timestamps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Identifying and sharing media items captured by an image capture device that include people other than the device's owner or user is difficult and time-consuming, as existing methods lack efficient mechanisms to determine and tag non-users and their belongings within the media.
Innovation Solution
A system that transmits and receives an identifier and time of a computing device during media item capture, using components like processors, transmitters, and receivers to identify and share media items based on the computing device's information, allowing for automatic tagging and provision of media items to users, even if they were not captured by the user's device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual identification methods are used to find media items including non-users, then accuracy can be maintained, but the process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by transmitting device identifiers and capture times before media items are fully processed. This allows the image capture device to pre-identify potential media items containing non-users based on temporal and device proximity information, significantly reducing the time needed for later manual identification while maintaining accuracy through automated filtering and sorting processes
2Extent of automation
If existing media sharing systems are used, then basic sharing functionality is available, but there is no efficient mechanism to automatically tag and share media items with non-users
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the image capture device continuously receives device identifiers from multiple computing devices during capture operations. This feedback loop enables the system to automatically identify which media items contain non-users by matching capture timestamps with received device identifiers, thereby automating the tagging process and preventing information loss about non-users while maintaining comprehensive sharing capabilities
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AI summary
An image capture device may capture media items (e.g., images, videos, sound clips). An identifier of a mobile device of a user transmitted to the image capture device when the mobile device is in proximity of the image capture device may be used to identify media items that may include and/or be of interest to the user of the mobile device. An identifier and time of the image capture device transmitted to a mobile device of a user when the image capture device is in proximity of the mobile device may be used to identify media items that may include and/or be of interest to the user of the mobile device.