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Associating text derived from audio with an image
Assignee: Adobe Inc
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Filing: 1998-09-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-09-23
Abstract
Abstract System with methods and apparatus for rendering text converted from audio with an image. The image is captured using a photo-sensitive film camera or digital camera, or created using computer graphics software. Audio is captured either at the time of image capture or at another time. The captured image and audio are stored and associated with each other using a multimedia file format. The audio is converted to text using voice recognition software. A composite image is formed from the image and the converted text by positioning the converted text on or near the image. The composite image is output on a computer monitor, printer, or other output device. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Peter F. Ullmann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:59
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32128; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/40; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00129; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; H04N1/00392; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0084; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3261; H04N2201/3264; H04N2201/3274; H04N2201/3277
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
52 words
A computer-implemented method for displaying an image
with text, comprising: providing audio data and image data in a
computer-readable memory; applying a computational speech-to-text conversion
process to the audio data to produce converted text; creating a composite image by compositing the image
data and the converted text; and displaying the composite image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1, wherein: displaying comprises printing the composite image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 2, wherein: the audio data and the image data are components of
a single source file, preferably a FlashPix file.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 2, wherein: the audio data and the image data originate in
separate source files.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
155 words
The method of claim 2, wherein: the computer-readable memory is a random access
memory of a computer operable to execute computer program
instructions; the computational speech-to-text conversion process
comprises computer program instructions executing on the
computer; the step of providing audio data and image data in a
computer-readable memory comprises obtaining information
linking the audio data and the image data to each other,
finding the image data and the audio data stored on a
mass storage device, and reading the image data and the
audio data from the mass storage device into the random
access memory; and the step of creating a composite image comprises
importing the image data and the converted text into an
image processing application program, executing the image
processing application program to format the converted
text, to place the text with respect to the image, and to
composite the placed, formatted text with the image data
to produce the composite image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the image data and the
audio data are in separate files stored on the mass
storage device and the information linking the audio data
and the image data to each other is a tag stored in at
least one of the separate files.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the converted text is
composited so as to cover a portion of the image
represented by the image data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the converted text is
composited so as not to cover any portion of the image
represented by the image data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the image data
represents a single image.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the image data
represents a sequence of single images and the audio data
represents a sequence of audio segments, the method
further comprising: matching one audio segment of the sequence of audio
segments with one single image of the sequence of single
images; converting the one audio segment into a converted
text segment; and creating a single composite image by compositing the
one single image and the converted text segment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 2, wherein the image data
represents a sequence of single images, the method
further comprising: for each single image of the sequence of single
images, creating a composite image by compositing the
single image and the converted text; and printing each of the composite images.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 11, wherein the camera is a
digital camera comprising a microphone and be operable to
record speech and to associate recorded speech with
images taken by the camera.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
117 words
The method of claim 1 for printing an image with
text, further comprising: reading image data and audio data into a random
access memory of a computer operable to execute computer
program instructions; applying a computation speech-to-text conversion
process, comprising computer program instructions
executing on the computer, to the audio data in the
random access memory to produce converted text; importing the image data and the converted text into
an image processing application program, executing the
image processing application program to format the
converted text, to place the text near the bottom center
of the image, and to composite the centered, formatted
text with the image data to produce a composite image;
and printing the composite image.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
53 words
A computer program product tangibly stored on a
computer-readable medium, comprising instructions to: read audio data and image data into a
computer-readable memory; convert the audio data to text; composite the image data and the converted text to
create a composite image; and display the composite image, preferably by printing
the composite image.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
57 words
A system for displaying an image with text,
comprising: means for reading audio data and image data into a
computer-readable memory; means for converting the audio data to text; means for compositing the image data and the
converted text to create a composite image; and means for displaying the composite image, preferably
by printing the composite image.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
113 words
The system of claim 15, further comprising: means for reading image data and audio data into a
random access memory of a computer operable to execute
computer program instructions; means for applying a computation speech-to-text
conversion process, comprising computer program
instructions executing on the computer, to the audio data
in the random access memory to produce converted text;
and means for importing the image data and the converted
text into an image processing application program,
executing the image processing application program to
format the converted text, to place the text near the
bottom center of the image, and to composite the
centered, formatted text with the image data to produce a
composite image.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
180 words
The system of claim 15, wherein the
computer-readable memory is a random access memory of a
computer operable to execute computer program
instructions, the system further comprising: means for reading image data and audio data into a
random access memory of a computer operable to execute
computer program instructions; means for applying a computation speech-to-text
conversion process, comprising computer program
instructions executing on the computer, to the audio data
in the random access memory to produce converted text;
and means for obtaining information linking the audio
data and the image data to each other, finding the image
data and the audio data stored on a mass storage device,
and reading the image data and the audio data from the
mass storage device into the random access memory; and means for importing the image data and the converted
text into an image processing application program,
executing the image processing application program to
format the converted text, to place the text with respect
to the image, and to composite the placed, formatted text
with the image data to produce the composite image.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
82 words
The system of claim 15, wherein the image data
represents a sequence of single images and the audio data
represents a sequence of audio segments, the system
further comprising: means for matching one audio segment of the sequence
of audio segments with one single image of the sequence
of single images; means for converting the one audio segment into a
converted text segment; and means for creating a single composite image by
compositing the one single image and the converted text
segment.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
53 words
The system of claim 15, wherein the image data
represents a sequence of single images, the method
further comprising: means for creating a composite image for each single
image of the sequence of single images by compositing the
single image and the converted text; and means for printing each of the composite images.
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