Patent ID: 7421089
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G06F,G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, in a computer system, for generating metadata based upon data contained within image information provided by an image capture device, the image information including image data suitable for processing by an image display application program to render a displayed image, the method comprising: acquiring, by a data transfer interface, image information responsive to a request to acquire image data; analyzing, by an image data analysis component associated with an image acquisition service, the acquired image information to render at least one new metadata value for the image information; integrating the at least one new metadata value with the acquired image information; converting, by a decoder associated with the image acquisition service, image data in a first format to image data in a second format; and applying, during the analyzing step, at least one image recognition algorithm to the image data in the second format to render the at least one new metadata value.