Trend detection in clustered photos for digital picture frames
AssigneeAura Home, Inc.
InventorsOphir FRIEDER, Abdur CHOWDHURY, Eric JENSEN
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Abstract
A method for automated routing of pictures taken on mobile electronic devices to a digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from photo collections of community members. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires. Trends or patterns can be detected from the photo collections and that information used for various purposes beyond photo display.
Claims20
A method of processing a digital photo collection for display on a digital picture frame including a digital display mounted within a frame, and a network connection module, the method comprising:
- automatically extracting content features from photos of the digital photo collection;
- automatically extracting photo image features for the extracted content features from the photos of the digital photo collection;
- creating metadata tags for the photos as a function of the extracted content features and the extracted photo image features;
- storing tagged photos in a database;
- clustering the tagged photos into a plurality of sub-clusters, each for a corresponding common detected extracted content feature and/or extracted photo image feature;
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- mining correlations within the metadata tags and determining photo content trends within the digital photo collection from the correlations.
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