System and method for naming an image file
AssigneeID Integration, Inc.
InventorGene Anderson
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Abstract
A system and method for naming an image file includes an image capture module; a processor; a memory unit; an interface; a coded image trigger mechanism for initiating capture of a coded image; and a photo trigger mechanism for initiating capture of one or more photo image(s). The image capture module including a decode module, a photo module, a photo file renaming module. The decode module decodes the captured image from the coded image trigger and generates an encoded ASCII character data string. The photo module stores the captured photo image(s) as file(s) with an auto root name on the system device memory. The photo file renaming module renames the image file(s) created by the photo trigger to a new root name which is defined by a trailing use of the code trigger or manual keypad entry.
Claims29
A system for naming an image file comprising:
- an image capture module;
- a processor;
- a memory unit;
- an interface;
- a code image trigger circuit for initiating capture of at least one code image;
- a photo trigger circuit for initiating capture of at least one photo image;
- the image capture module including:
- a decode hardware and software configured to decode the code image and generate a character data string;
- a photo hardware and software configured for storing the at least one photo image as an image file with an automatically assigned root name;
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- a file renaming hardware and software configured for renaming the at least one image file with a new root name which is defined by a trailing use of the code image trigger circuit or manual keypad entry.
A method for naming an image file, the method comprising:
- a. capturing an image of an attribute of a target object;
- b. processing the captured image into an image file, the image file including a static root name;
- c. transmitting the image file to an associated memory location;
- d. optionally repeating steps (a) through (c) for the creation of additional image files, each image file sharing the same static root name but with auto incrementing prefix or suffix characters to define filename uniqueness;
- e. capturing and decoding a code image and generating a character string;
- f. using the character string of step (e) to define a new root filename for at least one image file previously captured in steps a through d;
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- g. incrementing the new root filename by a user defined option to include numeric, alphanumeric, time/date, or other prefix and/or suffix data to provide uniqueness to each image file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.