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US 8,478,036 B2Granted
Image capture and identification system and process
AssigneeNant Holdings IP, LLC
InventorsWayne C. Boncyk, Ronald H. Cohen
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Abstract
A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.
Claims19
A content provisioning system comprising:
- a target database storing known targets of different types and recognition parameters associated with the known targets;
- an identification platform coupled with the target database, and that:
- communicates with a mobile device capable of acquiring a digital representation of a scene containing at least a portion of a target;
- receives the digital representation from the mobile device;
- and
- recognizes the target as a known target from the target database based on comparing parameters derived from the digital representation to recognition parameters associated with the known targets;
- and
- a content service coupled with the identification platform, and that:
- obtains content information related to the known target;
- and
- sends the content information to at least one of the identification platform and the mobile device.
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