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US 2008/0165260 A1Published application
Image searching on digital cameras and extending applications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorChandrasekhar Narayanaswami
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Abstract
A digital camera device, aspects of the device comprising an image capturing component, and an image-processing component, wherein the identifier writing component is configured to generate an identifier and associate the identifier with a captured image. Further aspects of the device comprise a memory for the storage of captured images and identifiers, a captured image associated identifier database, and an identifier output device, wherein the identifier output device is configured to output the identifier that has been associated with a captured image.
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A digital camera device, comprising:
- an image capturing component;
- an identifier writing component, wherein the identifier writing component is configured to generate an identifier, and associate the identifier with a captured image;
- a memory for the storage of captured images and identifiers that have been associated with a captured image;
- a captured image associated identifier database;
- a identifier output component, wherein the identifier output component is configured to write an identifier that has been associated with a captured image;
- an identifier input and decoding component, wherein the identifier input and decoding component is configured to read an identifier;
- a display device for displaying the captured image that has been associated the identifier;
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- a network interface.
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