Managing camera actions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11301710-B2
Application number	US-202017000069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2020
Priority date	Jul 26, 2017
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments that relate to a system or a method for managing individual actions. In one example, among others, a system includes a client device and program instructions executable in the client device. The program instructions, when executed, cause the client device to identify an action that stores an image in a memory associated with the client device, where the action is executed by way of the client computing device. The program instructions also cause the client device to generate an image tag that describe the image. The client device can determine that the image has enterprise content based on the image tag and determine that a policy applies to the enterprise content. An enterprise action can be performed based on the enterprise policy.

First claim

Therefore, the following is claimed:

1. A system, comprising:
a client computing device; and
program instructions executable in the client computing device that, when executed by the client computing device, cause the client computing device to at least:
identify an action that stores an image in a memory associated with the client computing device;
generate an image tag that describes the image;
determine that the image has enterprise content based on the image tag;
generate a confidence score for the image tag;
determine an enterprise policy to apply to the enterprise content based on the image tag and the confidence score meeting a category threshold, the enterprise policy specifying an instruction to extract text content of the image and transmit the text content to a networked application service;
extract the text content of the image; and
transmit the text content of the image to the networked application service.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the image has the enterprise content is further based on an image capture location for the image being associated with an enterprise location area.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the enterprise policy to apply to the enterprise content is based on an enterprise category associated with the image tag.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the text content of the image to the networked application service further comprises transmitting the text content of the image to a particular networked application service based on an enterprise category associated with the image tag.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising program instructions executable in the client computing device that, when executed, further cause the client computing device to at least:
generate the image tag based on using an image recognition service associated with a networked server.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising program instructions executable in the client computing device that, when executed, further cause the client computing device to at least:
identify a face in the image based on using a face detection service;
determine that the face corresponds to an individual associated with a directory of individuals for an enterprise; and
determine that the image has the enterprise content based on determining that the face corresponds to the individual associated with the directory of individuals for the enterprise.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the image has the enterprise content further causes the client computing device to at least:
identify a matrix barcode in the image, wherein the matrix barcode comprises an embedded web site address;
determine that the image has the enterprise content based on the embedded web site address.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program instructions executable in a client computing device that, when executed by the client computing device, cause the client computing device to at least:
identify an action that stores an image in a memory associated with the client computing device;
generate an image tag that describes the image;
determine that the image has enterprise content based on the image tag;
generate a confidence score for the image tag;
determine an enterprise policy to apply to the enterprise content based on the image tag and the confidence score meeting a category threshold, the enterprise policy specifying an instruction to extract text content of the image and transmit the text content to a networked application service;
extract the text content of the image; and
transmit the text content of the image to the networked application service.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein determining that the image has the enterprise content is further based on an image capture location for the image being associated with an enterprise location area.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein determining the enterprise policy to apply to the enterprise content is based on an enterprise category associated with the image tag.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein transmitting the text content of the image to the networked application service further comprises transmitting the text content of the image to a particular networked application service based on an enterprise category associated with the image tag.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions, when executed by the client computing device, further cause the client computing device to at least:
generate the image tag based on using an image recognition service associated with a networked server.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions, when executed by the client computing device, further cause the client computing device to at least:
identify a face in the image based on using a face detection service;
determine that the face corresponds to an individual associated with a directory of individuals for an enterprise; and
determine that the image has the enterprise content based on determining that the face corresponds to the individual associated with the directory of individuals for the enterprise.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein determining that the image has the enterprise content further causes the client computing device to at least:
identify a matrix barcode in the image, wherein the matrix barcode comprises an embedded web site address;
determine that the image has the enterprise content based on the embedded web site address.

15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying, via a computing device, an action that stores an image in a memory associated with the computing device;
generating, via the computing device, an image tag that describes the image;
determining, via the computing device, that the image has enterprise content based on the image tag;
generating, via the computing device, a confidence score for the image tag;
determining, via the computing device, an enterprise policy to apply to the enterprise content based on the image tag and the confidence score meeting a category threshold, the enterprise policy specifying an instruction to extract text content of the image and transmit the text content to a networked application service;
extracting, via the computing device, the text content of the image; and
transmitting, via the computing device, the text content of the image to the networked application service.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein determining that the image has the enterprise content is further based on an image capture location for the image being associated with an enterprise location area.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein determining the enterprise policy to apply to the enterprise content is based on an enterprise category associated with the image tag.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein transmitting the text content of the image to the networked application service further comprises transmitting the text content of the image to a particular networked application service based on an enterprise category associated with the image tag.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , further comprising:
generating, via the computing device, the image tag based on using an image recognition service associated with a networked server.

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Tse Kar-Fai
• Stuntebeck Erich Peter
• Xuan Chaoting

Classifications

• G06V30/142 Primary

  using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments · CPC title

• G06V30/153

  using recognition of characters or words · CPC title

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• G06V30/10

  Character recognition · CPC title

• G06V30/416

  Extracting the logical structure, e.g. chapters, sections or page numbers; Identifying elements of the document, e.g. authors · CPC title