IP Library Patent Application 13621161
Patent Application
App. No. 13/621,161

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING SOUND DATA WITH AN IMAGE

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13/621,161
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and system for associating sound-derived data with an image. The method includes receiving a signal to activate an image capture device. Upon activation, sound is captured along with capturing an image. After this, the captured sound is processed to generate sound identification data. Finally, the sound identification data is associated with the image.

Claims (39)

1 . A method for associating sound-derived data with an image, comprising:

receiving a signal to activate an image capture device;

upon activation, capturing sound along with capturing an image using the image capture device;

processing the captured sound to generate sound identification data; and

automatically associating the sound identification data with the captured image.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically activating a sound capture device upon activating the image capture device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the captured sound includes at least one of: spoken sound, singing sound, humming sound, a broadcast stream played over a media channel, or a recorded sound played on a playback device.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising processing the captured sound, based on the type of sound.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising converting relevant parts of the captured sound into text.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein at least a portion of the text is associated with the captured image.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising searching for at least a portion of the captured image in a library of pre-stored images, using the portion of the text.

8 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising displaying the text simultaneously while capturing the image.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the association between sound identification data and an image is stored in a database.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sound identification data is validated by a user.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the image includes at least one of a still image or a video.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising filtering noise from the captured sound.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising matching the captured sound with a plurality of pre-stored sounds.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising retrieving one or more matched sounds.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising extracting meta-data associated with the matched sounds.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising associating the meta-data with the captured image.

17 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising attaching at least one of the matched sounds with the captured image.

18 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising attaching the date and time information with the captured image and its sound association.

19 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising attaching location information with the captured image and its sound association.

20 . A system comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a signal to activate an image capture device;

the image capture device configured to capture sound while capturing an image;

a processing module configured to process the captured sound to generate sound identification data; and

an associating module configured to automatically associate the sound identification data with the captured image.

21 . The system of claim 20 , further comprising a sound capture device that is integrated with the image capture device.

22 . The system of claim 20 , further comprising a storage module configured to store the captured image associated with the sound identification data.

23 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the processing module is configured to convert the captured sound into text.

24 . The system of claim 23 , wherein at least a portion of the text is attached to the captured image.

25 . The system of claim 20 , further comprising a display module configured to display the text simultaneously while capturing the image.

26 . A mobile device comprising:

an application configured to:

receive a signal to activate an image capture device, the activation includes activation of a sound recognition device;

capture sound along with capturing a video or a still image;

process the captured sound to generate sound identification data; and

automatically associate the sound identification data with the captured image.

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