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Granted Patent B2
US 8,350,946 · App. 12/924,277 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Viewfinder for shared image device

Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,350,946
App. No.
12/924,277
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique includes receiving one or more captured shared image representations at a displaying shared image device from one or more shared image devices. At least one of the displaying shared image device and the one or more shared image devices configurable to capture one or more image representations. The technique further includes displaying a view-finder-based shared image representation over a viewfinder at the displaying shared image device.

Claims (18)

1. A method comprising:

receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session, the recognition of at least the portion of the subject being displayed in the viewfinder of the image capture device via at least in part a microprocessor;

determining information, via at least in part a microprocessor, as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session; and

generating instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least upon the determining information as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session, the recognition of at least the portion of the subject being displayed in the viewfinder of the image capture device via at least in part a microprocessor comprises:

receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session, the recognition of at least the portion of the subject being displayed in the viewfinder of the image capture device via at least in part an image recognition program executed by one or more microprocessors.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session, the recognition of at least the portion of the subject being displayed in the viewfinder of the image capture device via at least in part an image recognition program executed by one or more microprocessors comprises:

receiving information regarding a recognition of at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session, the recognition of at least the portion of the subject being displayed in the viewfinder of the image capture device via at least in part an image recognition program executed by one or more microprocessors during the current portion of the session.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining information, via at least in part a microprocessor, as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises:

determining information, via at least in part an image recognition program executed by one or more microprocessors, as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the determining information, via at least in part an image recognition program executed by one or more microprocessors, as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises:

determining information, via at least in part an image recognition program executed by one or more microprocessors during the current portion of the session, as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining information, via at least in part a microprocessor, as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises:

determining information, via at least in part one or more microprocessors, as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session appear similar to the at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder of an image capture device during a current portion of a session.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device based at least upon the determining information as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session comprises:

generating instructions regarding displaying an indication in the viewfinder of the image capture device of a portion of a subject being displayed in the viewfinder during the current portion of the session of which fewer images were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session than were captured of a different portion of a subject being displayed in the viewfinder during the current portion of the session, based at least upon the determining information as to how many images of at least a portion of the subject were captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving information and determining information occur during the current portion of the session.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least a portion of a subject being displayed in a viewfinder during the current portion of the session is recognized in images captured during a portion of the session previous to the current portion of the session at least in part by an image recognition process executed by one or more microprocessors, the image recognition process operable during the current portion of the session.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2012
From: SEARETE LLC
To: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 11048629 · Feb 1, 2005
Continuation 11048644 · Jan 31, 2005
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