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US 2020/0074217 A1Published application
Techniques for providing user notice and selection of duplicate image pruning
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorBrant Candelore
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Abstract
A photograph is processed using signal image comparison to determine whether it is a substantial duplicate of another photo. The camera alerts the user when the photo just obtained is very similar to one that was previously taken, and then based on camera settings either offers to delete the picture from the camera's memory for the user or deletes automatically. The camera may determine whether two photos are nearly identical by a pixel by pixel comparison.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one processor in the housing;
- at least one imager supported on the housing and configured to communicate with the processor;
- at least one computer storage in the housing and comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive a first photograph;
- compare the first photograph to at least one earlier photograph to determine whether the first photograph is a substantial duplicate of the at least one earlier photograph;
- and
- responsive to determining that the first photograph is a substantial duplicate of the at least one earlier photograph perform at least one of the following:
- present on the assembly at least one user interface (UI) indicating that the first photograph is a substantial duplicate of the at least one earlier photograph, automatically delete the first photograph
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A computer storage device that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- present on at least one computer display at least one user interface (UI) comprising:
- at least a first image representing a first photograph;
- and
- at least a second image representing a second photograph taken prior to the first photograph and determined to be a potential duplicate of the first photograph, input to save or delete one or both of the first and second photographs being receivable from the UI by the at least one processor.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a first photograph;
- comparing the first photograph to at least one earlier photograph at least in part based on the at least one earlier image having been taken in a most recent period prior to taking the first photograph;
- determining whether the first photograph is a substantial duplicate of the at least one earlier photograph, and
- responsive to determining that the first photograph is a substantial duplicate of the at least one earlier photograph presenting on a display at least one user interface (UI) permitting a user to delete at least one of the photographs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.