Apple Inc.
Method and appartus for data capture and evaluation of ambient data

Abstract:

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for capturing data from the ambient data of an environment (12) of a user by means of a scene image recording device (16) and for the evaluation of the acquired ambient data by means of an evaluation device (22). Here a spatial and/or temporal selection (36a, 36b, 36c) is made which concerns an acquisition of the ambient data by means of the scene image recording device (16) and/or a transmission of the ambient data from the scene image recording device (16) to the evaluation device (22) and/or an evaluation of the ambient data by the evaluation device (22). Furthermore, the selection (36a, 36b, 36c) is made as a function of at least one captured, temporally variable first parameter (30, 32) in order to make this selection on the basis of its relevance and thus to make possible a reduction of the data volume by reduction measures restricted to less relevant data.