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US 7,924,323 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for automatically capturing and managing images
AssigneeWalker Digital, LLC
InventorsJay S. Walker, James A. Jorasch, Russell P. Sammon
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a camera determines whether to acquire an image (e.g., automatically), determines whether to store the acquired image, and determines how to store the acquired image.
Claims29
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a memory of a digital camera comprising a first device and from a user of the digital camera, one or more indications comprising (i) an indication of one or more conditions which, if satisfied, cause a transmission of an acquired image from the memory of the digital camera;
- and (ii) an indication of a second device to which the acquired image is to be transmitted upon the one or more conditions being satisfied;
- acquiring, at the memory of the digital camera after receiving the one or more indications, an image;
- storing the one or more indications;
- monitoring the one or more conditions to determine whether the one or more conditions have been satisfied;
- and
- transmitting, upon determining that the one or more conditions have been satisfied, the acquired image to the second device.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions configured to direct a processor to:
- recognize, at a memory of a digital camera comprising a first device and from a user of the digital camera, one or more indications comprising (i) an indication of one or more conditions which, if satisfied, cause a transmission of an acquired image from the memory of the digital camera;
- and (ii) an indication of a second device to which the acquired image is to be transmitted upon the one or more conditions being satisfied;
- acquire, after recognizing the one or more indications, an image at the memory of the digital camera;
- store the one or more indications;
- monitor the one or more conditions to determine whether the one or more conditions have been satisfied;
- and
- transmit, upon determining that the one or more conditions have been satisfied, the acquired image to the second device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.