Associating audio and image data

A method of editing an audio photograph including data representing an image and a plurality of audio layers, each of said audio layers capable of including at least one audio data segment, said editing method comprising:

• selecting said image data;
• selecting an audio data segment;
• comparing semantic content of said audio data segment with a semantic description of each of a plurality of said audio layers;
• selecting said audio layer having the semantic description closest to the semantic content of said audio data segment;
• and
• storing said audio data segment in said selected audio layer.

A method of editing a plurality of audio photographs, each said audio photograph including:

• image data;
• and
• a plurality of audio layers including audio associated with said image data;
• said method comprising:
• displaying a plurality of said images on a display screen in a first level of display;
• selecting individual ones of said images;
• grouping individual ones of said images together to form one or a plurality of groups of said images;
• and
• displaying a plurality of audio layers associated with said first level display, each of said audio layers including at least one audio data segment playable and editable independently of the audio data segment or segments stored in the other audio layer or layers.

A method of playback of an audio photograph, said audio photograph including:

• image data;
• and
• a plurality of audio data segments arranged in a plurality of audio layers, wherein each said audio layer includes audio data segments of a same data type,
• said method comprising:
• displaying said image data together with a plurality of audio options each corresponding to one of the audio layers;
• receiving user input selecting at least one of the displayed audio options;
• and
• playing only the audio data segments stored in the audio layers corresponding to the selected audio options.

A photograph album for storing a plurality of audio photographs, one of said audio photographs including:

• an image;
• and
• at least one segment including audio data associated with said image;
• said photograph album comprising:
• a memory;
• a speaker;
• a display region for displaying a plurality of images;
• and
• a processor arranged for storing in the memory and for playing on the speaker a plurality of audio segments that are arranged in a plurality of audio layers, wherein each said audio layer include audio segments of an audio data type different from audio segments of each of the other layers, and further arranged for displaying a plurality of images on the display region together with a plurality of audio options each corresponding to one of the audio layers;
• wherein
• said album further comprises an input device for receiving user input selecting at least one of the displayed audio options;
• and
• said processor is further arranged for playing on the speaker only the audio segment or segments stored in the audio layer or layers corresponding to the selected at least one audio option.

A photograph album for storing a plurality of audio prints, one of said audio prints including:

• a physical printed image;
• and
• at least one audio segment including audio data associated with one of said printed images;
• said photograph album comprising:
• a display region for displaying a plurality of said physical printed images;
• and
• an audio system, comprising:
• a memory;
• a speaker;
• and
• a logic controller for storing in the memory and for playing on the speaker a plurality of audio segments arranged in a plurality of audio layers, each of said audio layers including audio segments of an audio data type different from audio segments of each of said other layers, and wherein
• said album further comprises a plurality of switches each for switching on/off one of the audio layers;
• and
• the logic controller is further operable for playing on the speaker only the audio segment or segments stored in the audio layer or layers switched on by the respective switches.

A method of processing physical printed images and associated audio data, said method comprising:

• storing at least one of said physical printed images;
• and
• storing, in a medium different from that of said physical printed image, a plurality of individual ones of said audio segments in a plurality of audio layers, each of said audio layers comprising at least one audio segment, said audio segment comprising a self-contained item of audio;
• said plurality of audio segments being related to said physical printed image.

A method of supplying a plurality of audio prints for use in a photograph album, wherein each one of said audio prints includes:

• at least one physical printed image;
• and
• a plurality of audio segments arranged as a plurality of audio layers, said method comprising:
• receiving a plurality of images;
• generating for each of said images a plurality of audio layers, each of said audio layers being capable of storing at least one of said audio segments;
• printing said images to obtain physical prints of said images;
• and
• supplying said physical prints together with said plurality of audio layers as electronic data related to said physical prints, wherein the audio layers are supplied on a medium separate from the physical prints.

Apparatus for storing image data and audio data, comprising:

• a memory;
• a logic controller configured for:
• storing image data representing a lurality of images in the memory;
• and
• storing a plurality of audio layers in the memory such that a plurality of individual audio data segments relating to the data of one of said images can be stored in said audio layers,
• wherein said image data and said audio data are arranged into sets of audio photographs each including the data of one of said images and a plurality of said audio layers, wherein audio photographs within said set are semantically related to each other.