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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Carolyn A. Zacks, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael J. Telek, Pittsford, NY (US);
Dan Harel, Rochester, NY (US);
Frank Marino, Rochester, NY (US);
Carolyn A. Zacks, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael J. Telek, Pittsford, NY (US);
Dan Harel, Rochester, NY (US);
Frank Marino, Rochester, NY (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In a first aspect of the invention, a method is provided for forming a group image. In accordance with the method, a set of imaging information is obtained depicting a scene over a period of time. Elements in the set of imaging information are distinguished and attributes of the elements in the set of image information are examined. Imaging information is selected from the set of imaging information depicting each element with the selection being made according to the attributes for that element. A group image is formed based upon the set of imaging information with the archival image incorporating the selected image information.