Method and system for using whiteboard changes as interactive directives for vectorization software
AssigneeKonica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
InventorRon R. Hightower
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Abstract
A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM), and an apparatus are disclosed for processing images on a writing board. The method includes: capturing a first image of one or more objects on the writing board; capturing a second image of the one or more objects on the writing board after at least one object has been removed and/or modified on the writing board; extracting the at least one object from the first image by comparing the first image to the second image and constructing a digital image via an image processing application; and displaying the digital image of the extracted at least one object on a display screen of a device.
Claims20
A method of processing images on a writing board, the method comprising:
- capturing a first image of one or more objects on the writing board with a mobile device;
- executing a property selection on a display screen of the mobile device, the property selecting corresponding to a classification of at least object to be removed from the writing board, the classification being a title, text, a flowchart or a table;
- capturing a second image of the one or more objects on the writing board after at the least one object has been removed from the writing board;
- extracting the at least one object from the first image by comparing the first image to the second image and constructing a digital image via an image processing application;
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- displaying the digital image of the extracted at least one object on the display screen of the mobile device.
A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing computer readable program code executed by a processor that:
- captures a first image of one or more objects on a writing board with a mobile device;
- executes a property selection on a display screen of the mobile device, the property selecting corresponding to a classification of at least object to be removed from the writing board, the classification being a title, text, a flowchart or a table;
- captures a second image of the one or more objects on the writing board after at least one object has been removed from the writing board;
- extracts the at least one object from the first image by comparing the first image to the second image and constructs a digital image via an image processing application;
- and
- displays the digital image of the extracted at least one object on the display screen of the mobile device.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- a display screen, the display screen configured to receive a property selection, the property selecting corresponding to a classification of at least object to be removed from the writing board, the classification being a title, text, a flowchart or a table;
- a camera configured to capture a first image of one or more objects on a writing board and a second image of the one or more objects on the writing board after at least one object has been removed on the writing board;
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- a processor that:
- extracts the at least one object from the first image by comparing the first image to the second image and constructs a digital image via an image processing application;
- and
- displays the digital image of the extracted at least one object on the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.