METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can detect an event, access location information for a group of mobile communication devices that are each automatically capturing images, and identify a subset of the group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the event based on the location information. The processor can provide first image analysis criteria to the subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices where the first image analysis criteria includes first characteristics associated with an object. The processor can receive a first target image that includes the object from a first mobile communication device of the subset of the group of mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
capturing first images by a first mobile communication device of a group of mobile communication devices, wherein the capturing is performed automatically by the first mobile communication device subject to recording limitations designated based on user input, wherein a second mobile communication device of the group of mobile communication devices automatically captures second images; receiving, by the first mobile communication device, first image analysis criteria including first characteristics associated with an object; applying, by the first mobile communication device, image pattern recognition to the first images according to the first image analysis criteria to identify a first target image that includes the object; determining, by the first mobile communication device, second image analysis criteria from the first target image, wherein the second image analysis criteria includes second characteristics associated with the object; and providing, by the first mobile communication device, the second image analysis criteria to the second mobile communication device to enable the second mobile communication device to perform image pattern recognition on the second images according to the second image analysis criteria to identify a second target image that includes the object.