Content information gathering apparatus system and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJohn Richard Windle
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Abstract
A content gathering apparatus (100) including content collecting means (101) for gathering content information and template storage means (103) for storing at least one template including a plurality of template instructions. Processing means (104) are used to implement the template instructions. A user interface (105) displays information to a user of the apparatus (100). The template instructions, when executed, provide composition suggestions to the user of the content gathering apparatus (100) in relation to enhancing composition of the content information collected, the suggestions being provided via the user interface (105). Methods and systems for implementing the invention are also disclosed.
Claims55
A content gathering apparatus for gathering predetermined forms of content information, said apparatus including:
- content collecting means for gathering content information, said content information including at least audio data;
- template storage means for storing at least one template, each template including a plurality of template instructions;
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- processing means for executing the template instructions, wherein the template instructions when executed provide composition instructions for enhancing composition of the content information collected.
A method of gathering predetermined forms of content information using a content gathering apparatus, including the steps of:
- providing at least one template to the content gathering apparatus, the at least one template including a plurality of template instructions;
- capturing content information with the content gathering apparatus, said content information including at least audio data;
- executing the template instructions to generate composition instructions based on the captured content information;
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- composing said content information in accordance with the composition instructions.
An apparatus including a readable storage medium having a computer program recorded therein for enhancing gathered content information, said apparatus including:
- means for uploading at least one template from the readable storage medium, the at least one template including a plurality of template instructions;
- means for gathering content information;
- a computer processor for executing said template instructions, thereby to generate composition instructions based on the content information, said content information including at least audio data;
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- means for composing said content information in accordance with the composition instructions.
A system for enhancing composition of gathered content information, the system including:
- content collecting means for gathering content information, said content information including at least audio data,
- template storage means for storing at least one template, each template including a plurality of template instructions;
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- processing means for executing the template instructions, wherein the template instructions when executed provide composition instructions for enhancing composition of the content information collected.
A content gathering apparatus for gathering predetermined forms of content information, said apparatus including:
- content collecting means for collecting content information;
- metadata collecting means for collecting metadata from a plurality of different types of sources, said metadata being associated with the collected content information;
- template storage means for storing at least one template, each template including a plurality of template instructions;
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- processing means for executing the template instructions depending on any metadata collected, wherein the temple instructions when executed provide composition instructions for enhancing composition of the content information collected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.