Apparatus and method for finding a misplaced object using a database and instructions generated by a portable device
AssigneeTrackThings LLC
InventorConstance Gabara
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Abstract
The basic invention uses a portable device that can contain a camera, a database, and a text, voice or visual entry to control the storage of an image into a database. Furthermore, the stored image can be associated with text, color, visual or audio. The stored images can be used to guide the user towards a target that the user does not recall its current location. The user's commands can be issued verbally, textually or by scrolling through the target images in the database until the desired one is found. This target can be shoes, pink sneakers, a toy or some comparable items that the user needs to find.
Claims24
A portable device apparatus comprising:
- a database storing desired objects;
- a camera that scans a region of space producing a first image;
- the camera is moved to scan an adjacent region of space to produce additional images;
- all of the images are stored in the database;
- the first and the additional images are combined together forming a composite image;
- and
- a recognition unit that matches objects within the composite image to the desired objects, thereby forming matched objects, wherein
- the database can be distributed over different physically distinct memories, wherein
- each memory can be individually queried, wherein
- a latest timestamp on the matched objects in the queried database indicates a current location of the matched object.
A method of locating positions of desired objects in an image comprising the steps of:
- storing the desired objects into a database;
- scanning the image using a camera in a portable device;
- storing the image into the database;
- comparing portions of the image on a display screen of the portable device with a search and recognition algorithm;
- identifying at least one desired object within the image;
- locating the position of the desired object in the image;
- embedding the portable device in a pair of glasses;
- viewing an environment to obtain other images;
- and
- continuously updating the database with the other images.
A portable device apparatus comprising:
- a database storing desired objects;
- a camera that scans a region of space producing a first image;
- the camera is moved to scan an adjacent region of space to produce additional images;
- all of the images are stored in the database;
- the first and the additional images are combined together forming a composite image;
- a recognition unit that matches objects within the composite image to the desired objects, thereby forming matched objects;
- and
- a textual, visual, colored screen, or audio instruction generated by the device to aid in locating the matched object.
A portable device apparatus comprising:
- a database storing desired objects;
- a camera that scans a region of space producing a first image;
- the camera is moved to scan an adjacent region of space to produce additional images;
- all of the images are stored in the database;
- the first and the additional images are combined together forming a composite image;
- a recognition unit that matches objects within the composite image to the desired objects, thereby forming matched objects;
- and
- the portable device embedded in a pair of glasses that views an environment to obtain other images and updates the database with the other images.
A portable device apparatus comprising:
- a database containing stored objects;
- a camera scrolls an image of region of space on a display screen;
- a recognition unit matching an object in the image to one of the stored objects, whereby
- the object is identified as one of the stored objects in the database forming a matched object;
- and
- the portable device, embedded in a pair of glasses that views an environment to obtain other images and updates the database with the other images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.