US 12,147,467 B2
Digital photo trend detection for digital picture frames
Ophir Frieder, Chevy Chase, MD (US); Abdur Chowdhury, San Francisco, CA (US); and Eric Jensen, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to AURA HOME, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by AURA HOME, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/377,941.
Application 18/377,941 is a continuation of application No. 17/675,026, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,797,599.
Application 17/675,026 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/575,097, filed on Jan. 13, 2022, granted, now 11,574,000.
Application 17/575,097 is a continuation of application No. 17/076,494, filed on Oct. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,243,999.
Application 17/076,494 is a continuation of application No. 16/563,511, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 10,853,404.
Application 16/563,511 is a continuation of application No. 16/113,366, filed on Aug. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,824,666.
Application 16/113,366 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/824,337, filed on Nov. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,820,293.
Application 15/824,337 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/150,623, filed on May 10, 2016, granted, now 10,474,407.
Application 15/150,623 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/949,353, filed on Nov. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,472,166.
Application 14/949,353 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/455,297, filed on Aug. 8, 2014, granted, now 9,420,015.
Application 14/455,297 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/051,071, filed on Oct. 10, 2013, granted, now 9,225,789.
Application 14/455,297 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/051,089, filed on Oct. 10, 2013, granted, now 9,338,759.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037136 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06F 18/2323 (2023.01); G06V 20/30 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 16/48 (2019.01) [G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06F 18/2323 (2023.01); G06V 20/30 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/23 (2022.01); H04N 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/00185 (2013.01); H04N 21/234372 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G01S 5/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G06F 1/1605 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of processing a digital photo collection for display on a digital picture frame including a digital display mounted within a frame, and a network connection module, the method comprising:
automatically clustering photos within the digital photo collection into a plurality of sub-clusters, each for a corresponding common detected content in the photos;
extracting one or more photo features from the corresponding common detected content within the each of the sub-clusters of photos to form a cluster representation;
comparing the cluster representation of the each of the sub-clusters to further cluster representations of other of the sub-clusters to determine related sub-clusters for the corresponding common detected content;
linking the related sub-clusters together to form a cluster of the corresponding common detected content for display;
automatically extracting content features from the photos of the digital photo collection;
automatically extracting photo image features from the photos of the digital photo collection;
creating metadata tags for the photos as a function of the extracted content features and the extracted photo image features;
storing tagged photos in a database; and
mining correlations within the metadata tags and determining photo content trends within the digital photo collection from the correlations.