Automatically storing and presenting digital images using a speech-based command language

A method for automatically storing and presenting digital images, comprising the steps of:

• (a) storing a digital image on a digital camera in an image file that includes at least one speech field and at least one text-based tag;
• (b) initiating a categorization process whereby a user speaks at least one category voice annotation into the digital camera;
• (c) storing the category voice annotation in the speech field of the image file;
• (d) translating the category voice annotation into at a text annotation using a voice recognition application and recognizing at least one voice command within the voice annotation, wherein the at least one voice command identifies a category;
• (e) automatically storing the image and the text annotation in a database;
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• (f) dynamically creating an album by retrieving selected images and corresponding text annotations from the database in response to a request from the user, and by displaying each image on the album along with the text annotations.

A method for automatically storing and presenting digital images, comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving an image and a plurality of image tags associated with the image, wherein the plurality of image tags include voice annotations and at least one text-based image tag;
• (b) translating the first plurality of voice annotations into a first plurality of text annotations;
• (c) storing the image and the plurality of text annotations in a database, wherein the database includes previously stored images and corresponding text annotations;
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• (d) dynamically creating an album of a subset of images stored in the database by retrieving selected images and corresponding text annotations from the database in response to a database query from the user, wherein the database query identifies one or more selection criteria for the plurality of text annotations, and displaying each image on the album along with the text annotations that has corresponding text annotations satisfying the database query.

A system for automatically storing and presenting digital images, comprising:

• a server for receiving image files containing digital images from a user, wherein each image file includes a first plurality of speech fields and at least one text-based tag, wherein the speech fields store a second plurality of category voice annotations spoken by the user where the voice annotations categorize the respective digital image;
• a voice recognition application for translating each of the category voice annotations stored in speech fields of the image files into text annotations;
• a database for storing each image and the corresponding text annotation, wherein each image is indexed according to its text annotations;
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• album creation means for dynamically creating an album of a subset of the image files stored in the database in response to a user's database query, wherein the database query identifies one or more selection criteria, by retrieving selected images and corresponding text annotations from the database, wherein each image is displayed on the album along with the text annotations and wherein the displayed images have corresponding text annotations satisfying the database query.

A method for processing digital images, comprising the steps of:

• (a) storing a digital image on a digital camera in an image file that includes one or more speech fields and one or more text-based tags;
• (b) initiating a categorization process whereby a user speaks a plurality of category voice annotations into the digital camera;
• (c) storing the plurality of category voice annotations in the one or more speech fields of the image file;
• (d) translating the plurality of category voice annotations into a plurality of text annotations;
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• (e) automatically storing the image and the plurality of text annotations in a database using the plurality of text annotations as a plurality of database searchable fields to the digital image.