Patent ID: 8677258
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of ascertaining and providing information in relation to an image in a survey comprising: displaying the image to a large number of survey persons; recording the input of metadata in relation to the image which are inputted by the large number of survey persons by recording input of at least one metadatum carried out by each one of the survey persons in relation to a region of the image that has been freely selected by at least one of the survey persons; and carrying out an assessment of the recorded metadata in relation to the image; wherein the image is subdivided into at least one of a plurality of predetermined image portions, which are defined prior to beginning of the survey, or into a plurality of postdetermined image portions, which are defined after the conclusion of the survey, wherein the input of all of the survey persons in relation to associated image regions that have been freely selected by each of the survey persons are transferred to the predetermined or postdetermined image portions, wherein each freely selected image region is compared to the predetermined or postdetermined image portions in relation to a conformity in respect of area, and, upon the occurrence of a conformity between the respective freely selected image region and the pre- and/or postdetermined image portions beyond a predetermined degree, the metadatum recorded in relation to the respective freely selected image region is associated with the conforming, predetermined or postdetermined image portion, and wherein the assessment of the recorded metadata in relation to the image is carried out in relation to the metadata associated with the predetermined and/or postdetermined image portions.