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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:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Thomas T. Hanis, Raleigh, NC (US);

Bruce H. Hyre, Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/19 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01); G11B 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/19 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G11B 27/28 (2013.01); H04N 5/91 (2013.01); H04N 9/8205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method to include an identifier as metadata associated with a captured image is provided. The method may include receiving, by a device, an image and a unique identifier associated with the image, wherein the received image is a frame associated with a video stream. The method may also include storing the unique identifier as metadata associated with the received image, whereby the metadata is linked to a specific frame in the video stream according to a plurality of parameters, and whereby the unique identifier is received from a unique ID reader which reads a tag attached to an object included in the image.


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