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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Sony Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Tom Hostyn, Halle, BE;
Olivier Demarto, Sint-Gillis, BE;
Kenny Helsens, Ghent, BE;
Jan Spooren, Schoten, BE;
Philip Marivoet, Tienen, BE;
Teemu Veikko Tapani Pohjola, Rovaniemi, FI;
Magdalena Wasowska, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Conor Aylward, Brussels, BE;
Gaetan De Brucker, Aalst, BE;
Joachim Giard, Hevillers, BE;
Chris Minnoy, Holsbeek, BE;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is described an apparatus for determining trends in picture taking activity. The apparatus comprises a meta information accessing unit for accessing a set of meta information, each meta information in the set of meta information being associated with a picture having been taken with a camera device at a respective geographic location and at a respective time. The apparatus further comprises a processing unit for determining trends in picture taking activity based on the set of meta information accessible by the meta information accessing unit.