System and method for grouping related photographs
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsSergey Ioffe, Vivek Kwatra, Matthias Grundmann
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for interacting with images having similar content. In an embodiment, a method may include identifying a plurality of photographs as including a common characteristic. The method may also include generating a flipbook media item including the plurality of photographs. The method may further include associating one or more interactive control features with the flipbook media item.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- identifying, by a computing device, a plurality of photographs as including a common characteristic and having an image quality above a threshold image quality;
- performing image analysis on the plurality of photographs, by the computing device, to determine one or more variations in the plurality of photographs;
- determining, by the computing device, a sequence of the plurality of photographs that creates minimum transformation of at least one of the one or more variations in adjacent photographs;
- generating, by the computing device, a flipbook media item including the plurality of photographs arranged in the determined sequence;
- associating, by the computing device, a representative photograph selected among the plurality of photographs as having a highest relative quality, with a visual indicator of the flipbook media item;
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- associating, by the computing device, one or more interactive control features with the flipbook media item for manually navigating the plurality of photographs.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- identifying, by a computing device, a plurality of photographs as including a common characteristic;
- performing image analysis on the plurality of photographs, by the computing device, to determine one or more variations in the plurality of photographs;
- determining, by the computing device, a sequence of the plurality of photographs that creates minimum transformation of at least one of the one or more variations in adjacent photographs;
- generating, by the computing device, a media item including the plurality of photographs arranged in the determined sequence;
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- associating, by the computing device, one or more interactive control features with the media item.
A computing system comprising at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to:
- identify a plurality of photographs as including a common characteristic;
- perform image analysis on the plurality of photographs to determine one or more variations in the plurality of photographs;
- determine a sequence of the plurality of photographs that creates minimum transformation of at least one of the one or more variations in adjacent photographs;
- generate a media item including the plurality of photographs arranged in the determined order;
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- associate one or more interactive control features with the media item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.