Electronic still camera for capturing and categorizing images

Details Electronic still camera for capturing and categorizing images Electronic still camera for capturing and categorizing images

1995-12-20

1997-05-27

Burgess, Glenton B.

Television

Camera, system and detail

Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

348231, 348239, 348552, H04N 530

Patent

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056336780

ABSTRACT:
An electronic camera captures images representing a variety of subjects and categorizes the image according to subject matter. The camera comprises an image sensor for capturing an image, a converter stage for converting the image into digital image data, and a memory for storing a plurality of categories providing classification of the images by subject. A processor in the camera has the capability of assigning the plurality of categories to the images captured by the camera, with each category providing a subject classification for the images. A user selects one or more categories for a plurality of images prior to capture, and an output image signal is then generated including the digital image data corresponding to a captured image and the particular category selected by the user. The categories can be default identifiers stored in the memory, or can be names, text (i.e., account number), and/or graphics overlays (i.e., company logo) entered via a host computer and uploaded to the camera memory before the pictures are taken.

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