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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Thomas Buelow, Grosshansdorf, DE;
Kirsten Meetz, Hamburg, DE;
Martin Bergtholdt, Hamburg, DE;
Johannes Buurman, Eindhoven, NL;
Axel Saalbach, Aachen, DE;
Thomas Buelow, Grosshansdorf, DE;
Kirsten Meetz, Hamburg, DE;
Martin Bergtholdt, Hamburg, DE;
Johannes Buurman, Eindhoven, NL;
Axel Saalbach, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system for associating acquired images with objects is disclosed. It comprises an image selector () for selecting a stored image from a database () comprising a plurality of stored images, the database () comprising an association () between the stored image () and an object of interest; an image scanner () for acquiring a new image () comprising a representation () of at least part of the object of interest, during an imaging session; a user interface () for enabling a user, during the imaging session, to indicate that the new image () is to be associated with the object of interest; and an associating subsystem () for creating an association () between the new image () and the object of interest in the database. The user interface () is arranged for enabling a user to select the object of interest from a plurality of objects of interest associated with the stored image ().