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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Lifetouch Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Inventor:

Jon A. Holmes, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

Lifetouch Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/77 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/77 (2013.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 9/8205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of tracking digital images includes inputting data identifying a subject of an image into a camera, acquiring an image with the camera, and storing the image and the inputted data, as metadata, in an image file when the image is acquired. The method can be implemented using a scanner, a digital camera, and a data processor. The scanner obtains the identifying data and transmits the data to the camera. The camera obtains digital images and embeds the data into digital image files encoding the digital images. The identifying data has a format different from any of the formats processable by the digital camera. The data processor converts the format of the identifying data to one of the plurality of formats processable by the digital camera loads the converted information into the digital camera as metadata.


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