Supply of geolocalized digital images to a user
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsGuy Robinson, Olivier A. Furon
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Abstract
The present invention is in the technological field of imaging; and more particularly in the field of general public services related to digital imaging. The present invention relates to a method and a system that enables a user equipped with a portable terminal to remotely record digital images of a given place, and to possibly be able to then exchange them rapidly and easily with other people. The recording of the images is operated by the remote control of a digital camera placed in the location where the image is recorded. The remote control of the digital camera is operated with the portable terminal.
Claims11
A method for supplying customized digital images of a geolocalized point, in an image database proper to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) supplying data that enables a determination of geolocalized points on a screen of a portable terminal, each geolocalized point comprising a fixed digital camera placed in a vicinity of the geolocalized point;
- b) using the portable terminal to select a geolocalized point from among the geolocalized points supplied at said step a);
- c) controlling the camera of the selected geolocalized point from the portable terminal;
- d) viewing in real time on the screen of the portable terminal, a proposed image of a vicinity of the selected geolocalized point;
- e) operatating a recording of said image of the vicinity of the selected geolocalized point by the digital camera from the portable terminal;
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- f) automatically transmitting and saving the image of the vicinity of the geolocalized point in the image database proper to the user, immediately after recording, said database being included in a storage unit external to the camera and the portable terminal.
A system of supplying geolocalized digital images in an image database proper to a user, the system comprising:
- a portable terminal equipped with a keyboard and a display screen to view at least one geolocalized image and remotely command a recording of an image;
- a digital camera fixed in a geolocalized point to record the geolocalized image from the portable terminal;
- a communication arrangement between the portable terminal and an online service, and between the portable terminal and the digital camera;
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- an automatic device for transmitting and saving the proposed geolocalized image in a database, immediately after recording said image, said database being included in a storage unit external to the camera and the portable terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.