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US 7,016,532 B2Granted
Image capture and identification system and process
AssigneeEvryx Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWayne C. Boncyk, Ronald H. Cohen
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Abstract
An identification method and process for objects from digitally captured images thereof that uses image characteristics to identify an object from a plurality of objects in a database. The image is broken down into parameters such as a Shape Comparison, Grayscale Comparison, Wavelet Comparison, and Color Cube Comparison with object data in one or more databases to identify the actual object of a digital image.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a camera that captures an image;
- a telephony device programmed to transmit at least a portion of the image to a distal service;
- the service programmed to receive the image, identify an object within the image;
- distinguish the object from others using a database that stores image characteristics of target objects including diverse types of target objects;
- associate the object with an information address;
- and return the address to the telephony device;
- and
- the telephony device further programmed to utilize the address to retrieve an item of information related to the object.
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