Electronic system for processing multimedia information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9554027-B2
Application number	US-201414521454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2014
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

An electronic system includes a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus. The first electronic apparatus includes a first low-energy communication unit, a camera unit and a first control unit. The camera unit is configured for capturing multimedia files. The first control unit is configured for generating a plurality of metadata related to the multimedia files respectively. The second electronic apparatus includes a second low-energy communication unit and a second control unit. The second low-energy communication unit is configured for establishing a first wireless connection with the first low-energy communication unit, and receiving the metadata related to each of the multimedia files without receiving original contents of the multimedia files. The second control unit is coupled with the second low-energy communication unit. The second control unit is configured for classifying the metadata into at least one group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic system, comprising:
a first electronic apparatus, comprising:
a first communication unit; and
the first electronic apparatus, configured for capturing a plurality of multimedia files; and
the first electronic apparatus, configured for generating a plurality of metadata related to the multimedia files respectively; and
a second electronic apparatus, comprising:
a second communication unit, configured for establishing a first wireless connection with the first communication unit, and receiving the metadata related to each of the multimedia files without receiving original contents of the multimedia files; and
the second electronic apparatus, configured for classifying the metadata into at least one group;
wherein the first electronic apparatus further comprises a first wireless communication unit, the second electronic apparatus further comprises a second wireless communication unit, the first and the second wireless communication units are selectively turned on for establishing a second wireless connection, the second wireless connection has a wider bandwidth and a faster transmission speed relative to the first wireless connection.

2. The electronic system of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprise captured locations corresponding to the multimedia files, the metadata with adjacent captured locations or the same captured location are classified into the same group.

3. The electronic system of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprise captured timestamps corresponding to the multimedia files, the metadata with adjacent captured timestamps are classified into the same group.

4. The electronic system of claim 1 , wherein when the metadata are classified into the at least one group, the second electronic apparatus generates a notification describing the metadata group-by-group, the notification comprising at least one of a time period, a location region, a total file-size and a quantity of the multimedia files corresponding to each group of the metadata.

5. The electronic system of claim 4 , wherein the metadata comprise thumbnails of the multimedia files, when the at least one group is selected, the thumbnails from the metadata corresponding to the selected group are displayed on the second electronic apparatus.

6. The electronic system of claim 1 , wherein when the at least one group is selected, the original contents of the multimedia files corresponding to the selected group are transmitted from the first electronic apparatus to the second electronic apparatus via the second wireless connection, the original contents comprises an image file, a video file or raw data generated by the first electronic apparatus.

7. The electronic system of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprise thumbnails of the multimedia files, when the at least one group is selected, the thumbnails from the metadata corresponding to the selected group are displayed on the second electronic apparatus, and when one of the thumbnails is selected, the original content of the multimedia file corresponding to the selected thumbnail is transmitted from the first electronic apparatus to the second electronic apparatus via the second wireless connection, the original content comprises an image file, a video file or raw data generated by the first electronic apparatus.

8. An electronic system, comprising:
a first electronic apparatus, comprising:
a first communication unit; and
the first electronic apparatus, configured for capturing a plurality of multimedia files; and
the first electronic apparatus, configured for generating a plurality of metadata related to the multimedia files respectively, classifying the metadata into at least one group, and creating a group event corresponding to the at least one group; and

a second electronic apparatus,
configured for establishing a first wireless connection with the first communication unit, and receiving the group event comprising the metadata without original contents of the multimedia files; and
the second electronic apparatus, configured for generating a notification according to the group event;
wherein the first electronic apparatus further comprises a first wireless communication unit, the second electronic apparatus further comprises a second wireless communication unit, the first and the second wireless communication units are selectively turned on for establishing a second wireless connection, the second wireless connection has a wider bandwidth and a faster transmission speed relative to the first wireless connection.

9. The electronic system of claim 8 , wherein the metadata comprise captured locations corresponding to the multimedia files, the metadata with adjacent captured locations or the same captured location are classified into the same group.

10. The electronic system of claim 8 , wherein the metadata comprise captured timestamps corresponding to the multimedia files, the metadata with adjacent captured timestamps are classified into the same group.

11. The electronic system of claim 8 , wherein when the group event comprising the metadata is received, the second electronic apparatus generates the notification describing the metadata group-by-group, the notification comprising at least one of a time period, a location region, a total file-size and a quantity of the multimedia files corresponding to each group of the metadata.

12. The electronic system of claim 11 , wherein the metadata comprise thumbnails of the multimedia files, when the at least one group is selected, the thumbnails from the metadata corresponding to the selected group are displayed on the second electronic apparatus.

13. The electronic system of claim 8 , wherein when the at least one group is selected, the original contents of the multimedia files corresponding to the selected group are transmitted from the first electronic apparatus to the second electronic apparatus via the second wireless connection, the original contents comprises an image file, a video file or raw data generated by the first electronic apparatus.

14. The electronic system of claim 8 , wherein the metadata comprise thumbnails of the multimedia files, when the at least one group is selected, the thumbnails from the metadata corresponding to the selected group are displayed on the second electronic apparatus, and when one of the thumbnails is selected, the original content of the multimedia file corresponding to the selected thumbnail is transmitted from the first electronic apparatus to the second electronic apparatus via the second wireless connection, the original content comprises an image file, a video file or raw data generated by the first electronic apparatus.

15. An electronic system, communicatively connected with an external apparatus, the electronic system comprising:
an electronic apparatus, comprising:
a first wireless communication unit, configured for establishing a first wireless connection to the external apparatus; and
the electronic apparatus, configured for capturing a plurality of multimedia files; and
if the first wireless connection is connected during the electronic apparatus capturing the multimedia files, the electronic apparatus being configured for generating a plurality of metadata related to the multimedia files respectively and transmitting the metadata to the external apparatus without transmitting original contents of the multimedia files;
wherein the electronic system further comprises a second wireless communication unit, the second wireless communication unit is selectively turned on for establishing a second wireless connection, the second wireless connection has a wider

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Wu Jenn-Wein
• Chang Chien-Chuan
• Tseng Yung-Chao
• Chueh Hsin-Ti

Classifications

• H04N23/633

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