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US 2009/0263012 A1Published application
Offloading processing of images from a portable digital camera
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsNikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Adrian Crisan
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Abstract
Images are offloaded from a portable camera automatically to a network server at the time the images are taken, transparently to a user of the camera. The server executes processing functions on the images and returns the output of the processing over the network to the camera and/or other user-defined destination device to thereby relieve the camera processor of potentially complex processing chores.
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Imaging device comprising:
- Portable housing;
- Imager supported by the housing;
- Picture button on the housing and manipulable by a person to generate one or more images of objects;
- Processor supported by the housing and receiving image signals generated by the imager;
- Communication interface on the housing and communicating with the processor, wherein the processor automatically sends, via the interface, the image signals to at least one network server in response to manipulation of the picture button.
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Network server, comprising:
- Processor;
- Computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions to cause the processor to execute logic comprising:
- Receiving image signals from an imaging device over a network;
- Receiving an identification of the imaging device;
- Correlating the identification to at least one image processing function;
- Executing the image processing function to generate a processing output;
- Correlating the identification to at least one return address;
- and
- Sending the processing output to the return address over the network.
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Method comprising:
- Providing a portable imaging device;
- Programming the device to automatically offload images over a network to a network server at the time the images are generated;
- Using the network server to execute at least one processing function on the images to generate an output;
- and
- Returning the output over the network to a destination address.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.