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US 2013/0156091 A1Published application
Networked image/video processing system for enhancing photos and videos
AssigneeImerj LLC
InventorsWei Li, Bill Reckwerdt
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Abstract
A distributed image/video processing system is disclosed herein wherein one or more of digital image/video recorders (e.g., a digital cameras, video recorders, or smart phones, etc.) are in network communication with central network site for transmitting image or video data thereto. The recorders process their image/video data dependent upon an estimate of a measurement of network bandwidth that is available for transmitting image or video data to the central network site.
Claims18
A method for processing data, comprising:
- obtaining first data at a first device operably in communication with a network site via a telecommunications network, the first data including image or video data;
- obtaining one or more first characteristics for the first data, wherein the first characteristics include a size or data rate for the first data;
- obtaining one or more transmission characteristics for transmitting the first data or a data derived therefrom on the network;
- correlating the first characteristics with the transmission characteristics for operably configuring at least two processes obtained from different ones of the following collections:
- (a) a compression collection of one or more data compression techniques, (b) a de-noising collection of one or more a de-noising techniques, and (c) a sharpening collection of one or more a sharpening techniques;
- wherein the at least two techniques transform the first data or data derived therefrom into corresponding processed data for transmitting on the network;
- applying the at least two techniques for transforming the first data or data derived therefrom;
- obtaining history information indicative of transforming the first data to obtain the processed data, wherein the history information includes description information related to the at least two techniques applied for transforming the first data;
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- transmitting the processed data and the history information, via the network, to a predetermined network site;
- wherein following the transmission, the transmitted history information is accessed for at least decompressing the transmitted processed data when the transmitted processed data is compressed.
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A computer readable medium, comprising:
- machine instructions for performing the following steps:
- obtaining for a first device, first image or video data, the first device being in operable communication with a network site via a telecommunications network;
- obtaining one or more first characteristics of the first data, wherein the characteristics include a size or data rate for the first data;
- obtaining enhanced data obtained from enhancing of the first image or video data, or data derived therefrom;
- wherein for obtaining the enhance data, the first image or video data or data derived therefrom is input to a first sharpening process when a first data compression is designated for compressing the enhanced data or data derived therefrom;
- wherein for obtaining the enhance data, the first image or video data or data derived therefrom is input to a second sharpening process when a second data compression is designated for compressing the enhanced data or data derived therefrom;
- wherein the first data compression compresses more than the second data compression;
- wherein the first sharpening process sharpens more than the second sharpening process;
- wherein processed data is obtained from compressing the enhanced data or data derived therefrom with one of the first data compression and the second data compression according to one or more transmission characteristics for transmitting the processed data on the network;
- obtaining history information indicative of processing of the first image or video data, wherein the history information includes compression description information related to the processed data, and also includes sharpening description information indicative of sharpening performed for obtaining the enhanced data;
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- transmitting the processed data and the history information, via the network, to the network site.
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A system for processing image or video data comprising:
- an image or video recorder having the following (a) through (e):
- (a) an image or video generator for generating image or video data;
- (b) one or more enhancement processes for enhancing the image or video data, or a version derived therefrom resulting in enhanced data, wherein the enhancement processes include one or more sharpening processes;
- (c) a compressor for compressing the enhanced data resulting in processed data;
- (d) an evaluator for determining whether network data, related to a transmission characteristic for a network in operable communication with the recorder, is indicative of:
- (i) a first specification of the transmission characteristic, or (ii) a second specification of the transmission characteristic;
- wherein the first specification is indicative of a more constrained operational condition for performing a transmission on the network than the second specification;
- wherein the first specification corresponds to a first data compression, and the second specification corresponds to a second data compression;
- wherein the first data compression compresses data more than the second data compression;
- wherein prior to the first data compression being performed on the enhanced data, a first of the sharpening processes is performed for obtaining the enhanced data indicative of a first sharpened content, and
- wherein prior to the second data compression being performed on the enhanced data, a second of the sharpening processes is performed for obtaining the enhanced data indicative of a second sharpened content;
- wherein the first sharpening process sharpens more than the second sharpening process;
- wherein history information indicative of processing of the image or video data to yield the processed data is obtained, wherein the history information includes compression description information related to which of the first and second data compressions were performed, and including enhancement description information indicative of the enhancement processes performed to obtain the enhanced data;
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- (e) an interface to the network for transmitting the processed data and the history information, via the network, to a predetermined network site;
- wherein following the network transmission, the transmitted history information is accessed for decompressing the transmitted processed data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.