PROCESS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A PROBABILITY OF IMAGE CAPTURE WITH A TERMINAL USING CONTEXTUAL DATA

摘要

The invention is for application in the field of electronic imaging. The invention relates to a process for using a terminal capable of capturing images to determine a probability of capturing the images according to information taken from contextual data provided by the image capture means. The invention also makes it possible to capture sound data associated with the image capture. The process uses a terminal (1) such as a mobile terminal comprising a first image data sensor (2A) and at least one contextual data sensor (3), (4), (5), (6) to automatically determine at least one probability of capturing an image or a sequence of images taking place within a time interval, the capture probability being calculated based on at least one response provided by one of the activated image data and/or contextual data sensors. The process according to the invention is mainly employed with mobile camera terminals, such as for example digital phonecams, since the capture probability can be used to adjust the quantity of contextual data captured to the severe energy and processing and storage constraints of mobile terminals, while at the same time guaranteeing optimal quality of the data captured.