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US 8,629,911 B2Granted
Automatic photographing system and method thereof
AssigneeInstitute for Information Industry
InventorsTzu-Lin Chang, Chen-Hao Kao, Rong-Hong Jan, Chia-Tai Tsai
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Abstract
An automatic photographing method is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a dialing message from a telecommunications network; recognizing a phone number from the dialing message, and controlling a camera module to take at least one photo according to the dialing message; and performing image processing to the photo to generate photo data corresponding to the phone number.
Claims16
A automatic photographing system, comprising
- a camera module;
- a communications module, for receiving a dialing message from a telecommunications network;
- a control module, for recognizing a phone number from the dialing message, and controlling the camera module to take at least one photo;
- and
- an image processing module, for performing image processing to the photo to generate photo data corresponding to the phone number,
- wherein the control module further transmits the photo data to a backend system through a wired network, a telecommunications network or a wireless network,
- wherein the backend system further comprises:
- a file processing module, for receiving the photo data from a backend network interface, and transforming the photo data into a thumbnail photo, wherein the photo data and the thumbnail photo are stored into a photo database;
- and
- a service server, for providing a website, wherein when a user corresponding to the photo data logs onto the website, the service server retrieves the photo data and the thumbnail photo corresponding to the user for the user to browse and download the photo data.
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An automatic photographing method, comprising:
- receiving a dialing message from a telecommunications network;
- recognizing a phone number from the dialing message, and controlling a camera module to take at least one photo according to the dialing message;
- performing image processing to the photo to generate photo data corresponding to the phone number;
- and
- transmitting the photo data to a backend system through a wired network, a telecommunications network or a wireless network,
- wherein the backend system further executes the steps:
- receiving the photo data from a backend network interface, and transforming the photo data into a thumbnail photo, wherein the photo data and the thumbnail photo are stored into a photo database;
- and
- providing a website, wherein when a user corresponding to the photo data logs onto the website, the photo data and the thumbnail photo can be retrieved from the photo database, and the user can browse and download the photo data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.