Interacting with rendered documents using a multi-function mobile device, such as a mobile phone
OwnerMartin T. King, Redwood Stephens +4inventors
InventorsMartin T. King, Redwood Stephens, Claes-Fredrik Mannby, Jesse Peterson, Mark Sanvitale, Michael J. Smith
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Abstract
A system and method for facilitating interactions between multi-function devices and rendered documents is described. In some examples, the systems overlays an image of a rendered document with display elements associated with actions to perform for the rendered document. In some examples, the system presents a virtual real-time image in place of a real-time of a document or other display of information.
Claims20
A method using a mobile device for performing an action associated with a rendered document, the method comprising:
- capturing a portion of the rendered document using an imaging component of the mobile device;
- identifying the rendered document based on the captured portion;
- presenting an image representing the captured portion of the rendered document via a display of the mobile device;
- identifying one or more performable actions associated with the captured portion of the rendered document;
- presenting one or more user-selectable display elements along with the presented portion of the rendered document;
- wherein the presented one or more display elements are associated with identified one or more performable actions associated with the captured portion of the rendered document;
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- upon receiving a selection of one of the user-selectable display elements, performing the action associated with the selected display element.
A computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform a method of performing an action in response to a capture of an image from a rendered document, the method comprising:
- capturing an image of a rendered document using a camera of the mobile device, wherein the captured image includes one or more words;
- identifying one or more actions associated with the one or more words in the captured image of the rendered document;
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- presenting via a display of the mobile device a representation of the captured image along with a visual indication for each of the identified one or more actions.
A method performed by a mobile device for presenting a rendered document located in a field of view of an imaging component of the mobile device, the method comprising:
- presenting, via a display component of the mobile device, a first view representative of the rendered document when the rendered document is at a first distance from the mobile device, wherein the first view includes an image representative of the rendered document;
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- presenting, via a display component of the mobile device, a second view representative of the rendered document when the rendered document is at a second distance from the mobile device that is different from the first distance, wherein the second view includes an image representative of the rendered document along with one or more display elements not included in the first view that represent the availability of supplemental electronic content associated with the rendered document.
A system in a multi-function device for interacting with a paper document, the system comprising:
- a capture component, wherein the capture component is programmed to take an image of a portion of the paper document using an imaging component of the multi-function device;
- an identification component, wherein the identification component is programmed to identify an electronic counterpart to the paper document that includes text with from the imaged portion of the paper document;
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- a document presentation component, wherein the document presentation component is programmed to present, via a display component of the multi-function device, a portion of an image derived from the identified electronic counterpart that corresponds to the imaged portion of the paper document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.