Wearable apparatus and method for selectively categorizing information derived from images

A wearable apparatus for collecting information related to activities of a user, the wearable apparatus comprising:

• an image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of the user;
• a communications interface;
• and
• at least one processing device programmed to:
• process the plurality of images to identify an activity occurring in the environment of the user, wherein the activity is associated with an activity category;
• access profile information related to the user to obtain a level of interest of the user in the activity category, wherein the level of interest is based, at least in part, on a duration of the activity determined thorough analysis of the plurality of images;
• determine, based on at least the level of interest of the user in the activity category exceeding a predetermined threshold, that images of the activity are to be included in a life log stored in memory;
• and
• based on the determination, transmit at least part of at least one of the plurality of images of the activity to a remotely located computing device via the communications interface for inclusion in the life log.

A method for collecting information related to activities of a user, the method comprising:

• capturing, via an image sensor included in a wearable apparatus, a plurality of images from an environment a user of the wearable apparatus;
• processing the plurality of images to identify an activity occurring in the environment of the user;
• associating the activity with an activity category;
• determining, based on the plurality of images, a level of interest of the user in the activity category, wherein the level of interest is based, at least in part, on a duration of the activity;
• transmitting at least the activity category to a remotely located computing device;
• and
• causing a life log to be stored in memory, the life log including information comprising at least part of at least one of the plurality of images depicting the activity and the activity category associated with the at least one of the plurality of images, wherein the information stored in the life log is selectively included based on at least the level of interest of the user in the activity category exceeding a predetermined threshold.