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US 2004/0201720 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for initiating data capture in a digital camera by text recognition
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMark N. Robins, Heather N. Bean
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Abstract
A digital camera takes photographs of printed material upon recognition of a specified text pattern. In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the process of photographing printed material based on text pattern recognition is partially manual. In a second embodiment of the present invention, the process is highly automated.
Claims24
A method for initiating data capture in a digital camera, the method comprising:
- activating a text-recognition mode in the digital camera;
- acquiring in the digital camera a text pattern to be recognized;
- selecting a first target scene at which to aim the digital camera;
- capturing a first digital image of the first target scene;
- converting the first digital image to a first text file;
- and
- searching the first text file for the text pattern.
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A digital camera, comprising:
- an optical system;
- an imaging device for receiving from the optical system an optical image of a target scene to be photographed and converting the received optical image to a digital image;
- a memory for storing the digital image;
- an optical character recognition module for converting the digital image to a text file;
- a device for acquiring a text pattern to be searched within the text file;
- and
- a controller for determining when the text pattern is recognized.
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A digital camera, comprising:
- means for collecting an optical image;
- means for converting the optical image to a digital image;
- means for storing the digital image;
- means for converting the digital image to a text file;
- and
- means for acquiring in the digital camera a text pattern to be searched within the text file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.