IP Library Granted Patent US 8,994,834
Granted Patent B2
US 8,994,834 · App. 13/723,059 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Capturing photos

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Patent No.
US 8,994,834
App. No.
13/723,059
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Implementations generally relate to continually capturing photos. In some implementations, a method includes collecting photos that are captured continually, where the photos are captured continually using a device that is operable to track a gaze of a user. The method also includes enabling the user to select one or more of the photos subsequent to the photos being captured. The method also includes enabling the user to process the selected photos.

Claims (29)

1. A method comprising: collecting photos that are captured continually, wherein the photos are captured continually using a device that is operable to track a gaze of a user, wherein the photos are collected continually at intervals based on predetermined interval criteria, and wherein the predetermined interval criteria are based on one or more of attention information, photo composition, and user preferences; collecting attention information associated with objects captured in the photos; generating an attention map based on the attention information; enabling the user to select one or more of the photos subsequent to the photos being captured; enabling the user to process the selected photos; and combining two or more of the photos into a panorama of at least one location; and iteratively replacing one or more of the photos in the panorama with replacement photos based on one or more predetermined replacement criteria.

2. A method comprising: collecting photos that are captured continually, wherein the photos are captured continually using a device that is operable to track a gaze of a user; enabling the user to select one or more of the photos subsequent to the photos being captured; enabling the user to process the selected photos; and combining two or more of the photos into a panorama of at least one location; and iteratively replacing one or more of the photos in the panorama with replacement photos based on one or more predetermined replacement criteria.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the photos are captured continually at intervals based on predetermined criteria.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the photos are collected continually at intervals based on predetermined interval criteria, and wherein the predetermined interval criteria are based on one or more of attention information, photo composition, and user preferences.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining one or more photos to flag for a user based on one or more predetermined flagging criteria.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining one or more photos to flag for a user based on one or more predetermined flagging criteria, wherein the one or more predetermined flagging criteria are based on one or more of attention information and user-selected preferences.

7. The method of claim 2 , further comprising providing a navigator that enables a user to view and select one or more of the photos.

8. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

collecting attention information associated with objects captured in the photos;

generating an attention map based on the attention information; and

enabling the user to select one or more of the photos based on the attention map.

9. The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating a model of at least one location captured in the photos, wherein the generating of the model comprises combining two or more of the photos into a panorama of at least one location.

10. The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating a model of at least one location captured in the photos, wherein the generating of the model comprises:

collecting attention information associated with objects in the photos;

generating an attention map based on the attention information;

identifying the objects in the attention map;

selecting photos for each of the objects based on one or more predetermined selection criteria; and

combining two or more of the photos into a panorama of the at least one location.

11. A system comprising: one or more processors; and logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to perform operations comprising: collecting photos that are captured continually, wherein the photos are captured continually using a device that is operable to track a gaze of a user; enabling the user to select one or more of the photos subsequent to the photos being captured; enabling the user to process the selected photos; and combining two or more of the photos into a panorama of at least one location; and iteratively replacing one or more of the photos in the panorama with replacement photos based on one or more predetermined replacement criteria.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the photos are captured continually at intervals based on predetermined criteria.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the photos are collected continually at intervals based on predetermined interval criteria, and wherein the predetermined interval criteria are based on one or more of attention information, photo composition, and user preferences.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the logic when executed is operable to perform operations comprising determining one or more photos to flag for a user based on one or more predetermined flagging criteria.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the logic when executed is operable to perform operations comprising determining one or more photos to flag for a user based on one or more predetermined flagging criteria, and wherein the one or more predetermined flagging criteria are based on one or more of attention information and user-selected preferences.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the logic when executed is operable to perform operations comprising providing a navigator that enables a user to view and select one or more of the photos.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the logic when executed is operable to perform operations comprising:

collecting attention information associated with objects captured in the photos;

generating an attention map based on the attention information; and

enabling the user to select one or more of the photos based on the attention map.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the logic when executed is operable to perform operations comprising generating a model of at least one location captured in the photos, and wherein the generating of the model comprises combining two or more of the photos into a panorama of at least one location.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044334/0466 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2013
From: HOROWITZ, BRADLEY
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 029573/0218 →