Apparatus and method for determining trends in picture taking activity

A camera device, the camera device comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive recommendations from an apparatus for determining trends in picture taking activity, the recommendations being based on the trends in picture taking activity determined by the apparatus based on a historical mean of a number of pictures uploaded at a specific location over a past predetermined number of days including a first moving average having first time scale and a second moving average having a second time scale that is shorter than the first time scale and a current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, wherein the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the second moving average to cross the first moving average, is determined as a trend in picture taking activity;
• and
• notify recommendations received from the apparatus.

A method of determining trends in picture taking activity comprising:

• accessing a set of meta information, each meta information in the set of meta information being associated with a picture having been taken with a camera device at a respective geographic location and at a respective time;
• deriving historical picture taking activity at a specific location from the set of meta information including a historical mean of a number of pictures uploaded at the specific location over a past predetermined number of days, the historical mean including a first moving average having first time scale and a second moving average having a second time scale that is shorter than the first time scale;
• determining trends in picture taking activity based on the at least historical picture taking activity;
• and
• determining a current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the second moving average to cross the first moving average, as a trend in picture taking activity.

An apparatus for determining recommendations to a user of a camera device, comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive camera parameters of the camera device from the camera device;
• and
• determine recommendations based on camera parameters and based on information derived from uploads by many different users which have taken photos in the past, the information including a historical mean of a number of pictures uploaded at a specific location over a past predetermined number of days including a first moving average having first time scale and a second moving average having a second time scale that is shorter than the first time scale and a current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, wherein the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the second moving average to cross the first moving average, is determined as a trend in picture taking activity.

An apparatus for determining trends in picture taking activity comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• access a set of meta information, each meta information in the set of meta information being associated with a picture and comprising location information and temporal information, the location information describing the geographic location at which an associated picture was taken and the temporal information describing the time at which an associated picture was taken;
• derive historical picture taking activity at a specific location from the set of meta information including a historical mean of a number of pictures uploaded at the specific location over a past predetermined number of days;
• determine trends in picture taking activity based on the at least historical picture taking activity;
• determine a current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be above a standard deviation of the historical mean, as a trend in picture taking activity;
• and
• determine the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be within the standard deviation of the historical mean and higher than the historical mean, as not the trend in picture taking activity.

A camera device, the camera device comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive recommendations from an apparatus for determining trends in picture taking activity, the recommendations being based on the trends in picture taking activity determined by the apparatus based on a historical mean of a number of pictures uploaded at a specific location over a past predetermined number of days and a current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, wherein
• the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be above a standard deviation of the historical mean, is determined as a trend in picture taking activity, and
• the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be within the standard deviation of the historical mean and higher than the historical mean, is determined as not the trend in picture taking activity;
• and
• notify recommendations received from the apparatus.

A method of determining trends in picture taking activity comprising:

• accessing a set of meta information, each meta information in the set of meta information being associated with a picture having been taken with a camera device at a respective geographic location and at a respective time;
• deriving historical picture taking activity at a specific location from the set of meta information including a historical mean of a number of pictures uploaded at the specific location over a past predetermined number of days;
• determining trends in picture taking activity based on the at least historical picture taking activity;
• determining a current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be above a standard deviation of the historical mean, as a trend in picture taking activity;
• and
• determining the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be within the standard deviation of the historical mean and higher than the historical mean, as not the trend in picture taking activity.

An apparatus for determining recommendations to a user of a camera device, comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive camera parameters of the camera device from the camera device;
• and
• determine recommendations based on camera parameters and based on information derived from uploads by many different users which have taken photos in the past, the information including a historical mean of a number of pictures uploaded at a specific location over a past predetermined number of days and a current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, wherein
• the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be above a standard deviation of the historical mean, is determined as a trend in picture taking activity, and
• the current picture taking event that is taking place at the specific location, which causes the number of pictures uploaded to be within the standard deviation of the historical mean and higher than the historical mean, is determined as not the trend in picture taking activity.