WO2008048398A2 - System and method for automatic selection of digital photo album cover - Google Patents

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WO2008048398A2
WO2008048398A2 PCT/US2007/019428 US2007019428W WO2008048398A2 WO 2008048398 A2 WO2008048398 A2 WO 2008048398A2 US 2007019428 W US2007019428 W US 2007019428W WO 2008048398 A2 WO2008048398 A2 WO 2008048398A2
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Paul Jin Hwang
Rachel They Nguyen
Guoxuan Zhang
Jianyu Roy Zheng
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  • the present invention relates generally to establishing album covers for digital photographs.
  • the albums may be stored and viewed on a user's computer, and perhaps even printed.
  • a cover photo may be established and displayed on the computer monitor when a user selects the album.
  • the cover photo ideally represents the subject matter of the album, but as further recognized herein, this ideal is not always realized because either a user is forced to select the cover photo or a photo that may or may not be a good representative of the subject matter of the album is selected at random by a computer program.
  • a method for establishing an album cover for a group of digitally stored photographs, with each photograph being associated with a respective computer file includes accessing metadata for the photographs in the group and based on the metadata, selecting one or more photographs in the group as an album cover for the group.
  • the metadata is generated by a camera
  • the metadata is generated by a computer into which the group of photographs has been downloaded.
  • at least one photograph can be selected as the album cover based on a time of last viewing, and/or based on a frequency of viewing, and/or based on matching a metadata element associated with the photograph with a user-entered key word, and/or based on satisfying at least one pattern recognition criteria.
  • a computer program product includes logic that is stored on a computer readable medium to enable a computer to access a group of digitally stored photograph files. The computer can also access metadata of the files and use the metadata to establish an album cover for the group.
  • a computer includes means for storing files of digital photographs, each file including respective metadata, and means for selecting one or more photographs as being representative of a user-defined group of photographs, based at least in part on the metadata.
  • Figure 1 is a block diagram of a non-limiting system that can be used to implement the invention
  • Figure 2 is a flow chart of non-limiting logic that can be executed by the system shown in Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is a non-limiting screen shot of an album cover that can be produced by the present invention.
  • a system is shown, generally designated 10, that includes a user computer 12, such as but not limited to a personal computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, etc. that communicates over the Internet 14 or other wide area network with a server 16.
  • the user computer 12 includes data entry devices 18 such as keyboards, mice, etc. and data output devices such as a monitor 20.
  • the user computer 12 can have a local data store 22 such as but not limited to hard disk drive, optical disk drive, alone or in combination with solid state memory, etc. Digital photographs may be stored in the local data store 22. Also, the computer 12 may be engageable with a removable memory 24 such as but not limited a Sony Memory Stick® that may also bear digital photographs taken by a camera 26 with which the removable memory 24 can be engaged.
  • a user computer processor 28 can execute logic stored in local memory to execute various steps described further below.
  • the camera 26 typically stores a digital photograph in file form, appending metadata to the file known as "Exchangeable Image File” (EXIF) data, hi one non- limiting implementation, the EXIF data may include but may not be limited to file name, camera model name, shooting date/time, shooting mode, photo effect, shutter speed, aperture value, light metering, exposure compensation, ISO speed, lens type, focal length, whether zoom was used, IS mode, image size, image quality, and whether a flash was used and if so what type.
  • EXIF Exchangeable Image File
  • Additional metadata that can be appended to a photo file either by the camera 26 or by the processor 28 can include number of times the photo has been viewed, a text description of the photo, comments users may have appended to the photo, rating, most recent date/time of viewing, and most recent date/time of file update.
  • the server 16 includes a server processor 32 that can access a server store 34, and the server store 34 can contain photograph files and other data, including user shipping data and billing information. Also, the server 16 can print hard copy prints of digital photographs using a server printer 36, for shipping of the prints to a user of the user computer 12.
  • the photograph files from the camera 26 are downloaded into the user computer 12 by any one of a number of ways, hi one non-limiting embodiment the photos are downloaded by copying them from the camera 26 onto the removable memory 24, then removing the memory 24 from the camera 26, engaging it with the computer 12, and then copying the files from the memory 24 onto the data store 22.
  • the photos can be uploaded from the camera 26 to the server 16 via a wired or wireless Internet link and then downloaded from the server 16 to the user computer 12.
  • the user establishes an album typically by grouping the files of related photographs. For instance, the user might group together photos from a vacation, or an event such as a birthday.
  • the processor 28 scans the metadata of each photo file.
  • one or more of the photos in the album is selected as an album cover automatically by the processor 28 based on the metadata.
  • Figure 3 shows a screen shot 44 that can be presented on the monitor 20 to illustrate that an album cover 46 consisting of one or more photos 48 from an album can be displayed when a user selects the album.
  • Figure 3 shows that two cover photos can be presented as an album cover.
  • the "N" most recently viewed photos are selected as the album cover, wherein “N” is an integer greater than zero.
  • the "N" photos whose files were most recently updated are selected as the album cover, wherein “N” is an integer greater than zero
  • a user can enter a key word or words and the photo or photos whose metadata includes that key word or words in the comments or elsewhere in the metadata are selected as the album cover.
  • the "N" most frequently viewed photos are selected as the album cover, wherein "N” is an integer greater than zero.
  • the photo or photos satisfying a specified EXIF parameter or parameters are selected as the album cover, hi other implementations a combination of the above heuristics can be used.
  • a photo or photos can be selected based on pattern recognition, e.g., the photo or photos showing the most commonly photographed person in the album can be selected as the cover.

Abstract

A photograph in an album of photographs is selected as the cover for the album based on metadata, e.g., most frequently viewed, last viewed, EXIF data, etc.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF DIGITAL
PHOTO ALBUM COVER
I. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to establishing album covers for digital photographs.
II. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Users can group computer files representing photographs taken by digital cameras into electronically stored albums. The albums may be stored and viewed on a user's computer, and perhaps even printed.
To aid a user in remembering the subject matter of a particular album, a cover photo may be established and displayed on the computer monitor when a user selects the album. As recognized herein, the cover photo ideally represents the subject matter of the album, but as further recognized herein, this ideal is not always realized because either a user is forced to select the cover photo or a photo that may or may not be a good representative of the subject matter of the album is selected at random by a computer program. As recognized herein, it would be desirable to provide a way to relieve a user of having to select an album cover photo while avoiding the random selection of a photo that may not fairly represent the album's subject matter.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A method for establishing an album cover for a group of digitally stored photographs, with each photograph being associated with a respective computer file, includes accessing metadata for the photographs in the group and based on the metadata, selecting one or more photographs in the group as an album cover for the group.
In some non-limiting implementations the metadata is generated by a camera, hi other implementations the metadata is generated by a computer into which the group of photographs has been downloaded. hi any case, at least one photograph can be selected as the album cover based on a time of last viewing, and/or based on a frequency of viewing, and/or based on matching a metadata element associated with the photograph with a user-entered key word, and/or based on satisfying at least one pattern recognition criteria. hi another aspect, a computer program product includes logic that is stored on a computer readable medium to enable a computer to access a group of digitally stored photograph files. The computer can also access metadata of the files and use the metadata to establish an album cover for the group. hi still another aspect, a computer includes means for storing files of digital photographs, each file including respective metadata, and means for selecting one or more photographs as being representative of a user-defined group of photographs, based at least in part on the metadata.
The details of the present invention, both as to its structure and operation, can best be understood in reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals refer to like parts, and in which: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a block diagram of a non-limiting system that can be used to implement the invention;
Figure 2 is a flow chart of non-limiting logic that can be executed by the system shown in Figure 1 ; and
Figure 3 is a non-limiting screen shot of an album cover that can be produced by the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring initially to Figure 1, a system is shown, generally designated 10, that includes a user computer 12, such as but not limited to a personal computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, etc. that communicates over the Internet 14 or other wide area network with a server 16. In typical non-limiting implementations the user computer 12 includes data entry devices 18 such as keyboards, mice, etc. and data output devices such as a monitor 20.
Additionally, the user computer 12 can have a local data store 22 such as but not limited to hard disk drive, optical disk drive, alone or in combination with solid state memory, etc. Digital photographs may be stored in the local data store 22. Also, the computer 12 may be engageable with a removable memory 24 such as but not limited a Sony Memory Stick® that may also bear digital photographs taken by a camera 26 with which the removable memory 24 can be engaged. A user computer processor 28 can execute logic stored in local memory to execute various steps described further below. The camera 26 typically stores a digital photograph in file form, appending metadata to the file known as "Exchangeable Image File" (EXIF) data, hi one non- limiting implementation, the EXIF data may include but may not be limited to file name, camera model name, shooting date/time, shooting mode, photo effect, shutter speed, aperture value, light metering, exposure compensation, ISO speed, lens type, focal length, whether zoom was used, IS mode, image size, image quality, and whether a flash was used and if so what type. Additional metadata that can be appended to a photo file either by the camera 26 or by the processor 28 can include number of times the photo has been viewed, a text description of the photo, comments users may have appended to the photo, rating, most recent date/time of viewing, and most recent date/time of file update.
Completing the description of Figure 1 , the server 16 includes a server processor 32 that can access a server store 34, and the server store 34 can contain photograph files and other data, including user shipping data and billing information. Also, the server 16 can print hard copy prints of digital photographs using a server printer 36, for shipping of the prints to a user of the user computer 12.
Now turning to Figure 2, the present logic can be seen. It is to be understood that prior to undertaking the logic, the photograph files from the camera 26 are downloaded into the user computer 12 by any one of a number of ways, hi one non-limiting embodiment the photos are downloaded by copying them from the camera 26 onto the removable memory 24, then removing the memory 24 from the camera 26, engaging it with the computer 12, and then copying the files from the memory 24 onto the data store 22. As another example, the photos can be uploaded from the camera 26 to the server 16 via a wired or wireless Internet link and then downloaded from the server 16 to the user computer 12.
Commencing at block 38 , the user establishes an album typically by grouping the files of related photographs. For instance, the user might group together photos from a vacation, or an event such as a birthday.
At block 40, the processor 28 scans the metadata of each photo file. Moving to block 42, one or more of the photos in the album is selected as an album cover automatically by the processor 28 based on the metadata.
Figure 3 shows a screen shot 44 that can be presented on the monitor 20 to illustrate that an album cover 46 consisting of one or more photos 48 from an album can be displayed when a user selects the album. For illustration, Figure 3 shows that two cover photos can be presented as an album cover.
In one implementation, the "N" most recently viewed photos are selected as the album cover, wherein "N" is an integer greater than zero. In another implementation, the "N" photos whose files were most recently updated are selected as the album cover, wherein "N" is an integer greater than zero, hi yet another implementation, a user can enter a key word or words and the photo or photos whose metadata includes that key word or words in the comments or elsewhere in the metadata are selected as the album cover. In still another implementation, the "N" most frequently viewed photos are selected as the album cover, wherein "N" is an integer greater than zero. In another implementation, the photo or photos satisfying a specified EXIF parameter or parameters (e.g., "zoom used") are selected as the album cover, hi other implementations a combination of the above heuristics can be used. In the event that the computer 12 possesses pattern recognition capability and can append information in the metadata pertaining thereto to photo files, a photo or photos can be selected based on pattern recognition, e.g., the photo or photos showing the most commonly photographed person in the album can be selected as the cover.
While the particular SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF DIGITAL PHOTO ALBUM COVER is herein shown and described in detail, it is to be understood that the subject matter which is encompassed by the present invention is limited only by the claims.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A method for establishing an album cover for a group of digitally stored photographs each being associated with a respective computer file, comprising: accessing metadata (40) for at least some photographs in the group; and based at least in part on the metadata, selecting (42) one or more photographs in the group as an album cover for the group.
2. The method of Claim 1 , wherein the metadata is generated by a camera (26).
3. The method of Claim 1 , wherein the metadata is generated by a computer (12) into which the group of photographs has been downloaded.
4. The method of Claim 1 , wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on a time of last viewing.
5. The method of Claim 1 , wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on a frequency of viewing.
6. The method of Claim 1 , wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on a recency of file update.
7. The method of Claim 1 , wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on matching a metadata element associated with the photograph with a user-entered key word.
8. The method of Claim 1 , wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on satisfying at least two metadata criteria.
9. The method of Claim 1 , wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on satisfying at least one pattern recognition criteria.
10. A computer program product including logic stored on a computer readable medium (22) to enable a computer (12) to: access (38) a group of digitally stored photograph files; access (40) metadata of the files; and use the metadata to establish (42) an album cover for the group.
11. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein the metadata is generated by a camera (26).
12. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein the metadata is generated by the computer (12), the group of photographs having been downloaded thereto.
13. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on a time of last viewing.
14. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on a frequency of viewing.
15. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on a recency of file update.
16. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on matching a metadata element associated with the photograph with a user-entered key word.
17. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on satisfying at least two metadata criteria.
18. The computer program product of Claim 10, wherein at least one photograph is selected as the album cover based on satisfying at least one pattern recognition criteria.
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