Image metadata attachment
View Patent ↗An accessory is provided for use with an image capture device is provided. The accessory has a trigger button and an image capture system adapted to capture an image in response to actuation of the trigger button. The accessory also has a body adapted to be detachably connectable to the image capture device with the body including, a holding unit for receiving a removable metadata source having metadata stored therein; a communication interface for communicating with the removable metadata source; and a trigger sensor for generating a trigger signal when the trigger button of said image capture device is depressed. The communication interface obtains metadata from the removable metadata source in response to the trigger signal and stores the metadata in a metadata memory so that the metadata is associated with the captured image.
1. An accessory, for use with an image capture device having a trigger button, and a viewfinder, the accessory comprising:
a label body adapted to be detachably connectable to the image capture device and including:
a communication interface;
a memory, connected to the communication interface, for receiving and storing special effect metadata to be associated with the individual captured image during processing of the captured image; and
a trigger sensor for detecting the depression of the trigger button of said image capture device;
a detachable mask including,
a viewable special effect image thereon; and
wherein, upon assembling the label body and mask on the image capture device, said mask is superimposed on said viewfinder such that the special effect image and the scene can be viewed through the viewfinder, and
wherein the trigger sensor, upon detecting depression of the trigger button, activates the communication interface of the label body to receive special effect image data from the radio frequency identification device and transmit the special effect metadata to the memory of the label body, so that the special effect metadata can be associated with the individual captured image during photofinishing.
2. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein said mask memory stores special effect metadata comprising additional photofinishing instructions.
3. The accessory of claim 2 , wherein the photofinishing instructions are selected from the group consisting of zooming, gray scaling, pure black and white, and/or colorizing.
4. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein the special effect metadata stored in the mask memory stores at least once of image data and information that can be used to obtain visual data.
5. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein the special effect metadata stores at least one of audio data and information that can be used to obtain audio data.
6. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein said detachable mask is reprogrammable.
7. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein said detachable mask is detachably connected to the label body.
8. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein said detachable mask is detachably connected to the viewfinder of the image capture device.
9. An image capture system for associating a captured image with metadata, the image capture system comprising:
an image capture device having a trigger button and a viewfinder;
a label body adapted to be detachably connectable to the image capture device and including,
a wireless communication interface;
a memory, connected to the wireless communication interface, for receiving the storing special effect image data to be associated with the individual captured image during processing of the captured image; and
a trigger sensor for detecting the depression of the trigger button of said image capture device;
a detachable mask including,
a viewable special effect image thereon; and
a radio frequency device which includes a wireless communication interface, a memory connected to the wireless communication interface for storing metadata to be associated with the individual captured image during processing of the captured image,
wherein, upon assembling the label body and mask on the image capture device, said mask is superimposed on said viewfinder such that the special effect image can be viewed by a user, and
wherein the trigger sensor, upon detecting depression of the trigger button, activates the communication interface of the label body to receive metadata from the radio frequency device and from a memory in the image capture device and to transmit the metadata to a memory of the label body so that the metadata is associated with the captured image.
10. The image capture system of claim 9 , wherein the image capture device is a digital camera.
11. The image capture system of claim 10 , wherein the image capture device is a reloadable film camera having a memory.
12. The image capture system of claim 10 , wherein the image capture device further includes detachable memory for storing the special effect image data.
13. The image capture system of claim 12 , wherein the communication interface receives the metadata from the radio frequency device and converts the metadata into a different form and stores the converted metadata in the memory of the image capture device.