Camera guided web browsing
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsCharles Wheeler Sweet, III, Qi Xue
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Abstract
Systems and methods for performing camera-guided browsing, such as web browsing, are described herein. A method for operating a camera-guided web browser as provided herein includes displaying a web page on a display associated with a portable device; passively detecting a first object within a field of view of a camera associated with the portable device; and altering at least part of the web page with first content associated with the first object in response to passively detecting the first object within the field of view of the camera.
Claims36
A method for operating a camera-guided web browser, the method comprising:
- displaying a web page on a display associated with a portable device;
- passively detecting a first object within a field of view of a camera associated with the portable device;
- and
- altering at least part of the web page with first content associated with the first object in response to passively detecting the first object within the field of view of the camera.
A system for operating a web browser, the system comprising:
- a portable communications device having disposed therein a display screen and a camera, wherein the web browser is associated with the portable communications device and configured to display a web page on the display screen of the portable communications device;
- and
- an object recognition engine associated with the web browser, communicatively coupled to the camera, and configured to passively detect a first object within a field of view of the camera;
- wherein the web browser is further configured to alter at least part of the web page as displayed on the display screen with first content associated with the first object in response to passive detection of the first object by the object recognition engine.
A system for operating a camera-guided web browser, the system comprising:
- a portable device comprising a camera and a display screen;
- static display means, communicatively coupled to the portable device, for displaying a web page at the display screen of the portable device;
- computer vision means, communicatively coupled to the camera, for passively detecting a first object within a field of view of the camera;
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- dynamic display means, communicatively coupled to the static display means and the computer vision means, for altering at least part of the web page with first content associated with the first object in response to passively detecting the first object via the computer vision means.
A computer program product residing on a processor-executable computer storage medium, the computer program product comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to:
- display a web page on a display screen associated with a portable device;
- passively detect a first object within a field of view of a camera associated with the portable device;
- and
- alter at least part of the web page with first content associated with the first object in response to passively detecting the first object within the field of view of the camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.