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US 2011/0216087 A1Published application
Methods and Systems for Analyzing Parts of an Electronic File
AssigneeHillcrest Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsCharles Gritton, Daniel Simpkins, Tom Morgan
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Abstract
Devices, computer readable medium, and methods for selecting an object displayed on a screen and providing information about that object.
Claims22
A method for tagging a part of an image, the method comprising:
- providing information for displaying the image on a screen;
- receiving information related to pointing a pointing device to the part of the image;
- generating a border around the part of the image, the border corresponding to a movement of the pointing device around the part of the image;
- generating a predefined enclosure, electronically linked to the border, which is configured to accept text input from a user;
- and
- storing border information and predefined enclosure information together with the part of the image such that the part of the image may be analyzed independently of the image.
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A device for tagging a part of an image, the device comprising:
- an output configured to provide information for displaying the image on a screen;
- an input configured to receive information related to pointing a pointing device to the part of the image;
- a processor connected to the input and the output and configured to,
- generate a border around the part of the image, the border corresponding to a movement of the pointing device around the part of the image, and
- generate a predefined enclosure, electronically linked to the border, which is configured to accept text input from a user;
- and
- a memory connected to the processor and configured to store border information and predefined enclosure information together with the part of the image such that the part of the image may be analyzed independently of the image.
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14-79. (canceled)
A device for providing information about an object, displayed on a screen as part of an image of a media file, and inquired about by a user by pointing a pointing device to the object and drawing a border around the object, the device comprising:
- an input configured to receive border information and location information, the border information identifying a location of the border relative to the object and the location information identifying a location of the image in the media file displayed on the screen and including the object;
- a processor connected to the input and configured to,
- search a database for identifying the object based on the border information and the location information,
- populate the database with object information if the object is not found in the database, and
- retrieve the object information from the database;
- and
- an output connected to the processor and configured to provide the object information to the user.
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87-93. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.