System and method of manual indexing of image data
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorPere Obrador
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of indexing image data comprising the steps of acquiring image data representing a series of images, acquiring manually provided user cues for designating ones of the images, and indexing the image data in association with the manually provided user cues. The invention also relates to an apparatus for indexing image data comprising an image acquisition system operative for acquiring image data, a system operative for acquiring manually provided user cues, and an indexing device operative for indexing the acquired image data in association with the acquired manually provided user cues.
Claims15
A method of indexing image data comprising:
- acquiring from a three-dimensional scene image data representing a series of images of the three-dimensional scene;
- acquiring, during the acquiring the image data, manually provided user cues for designating ones of said images, one of the manually provided user cues includes audio data acquired from an audio user input, wherein the acquired audio data includes user voice data;
- transferring said acquired audio data to a storage device for storage as one of said manually provided user cues;
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- indexing said acquired image data in accordance with said manually provided user cues by:
- acquiring new user voice data;
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- indexing said acquired image data by matching said new user voice data with said user voice data of said one of said manually provided user cues.
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