Remote object recognition
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorFredrik Linaker
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method of accessing information using a wireless mobile device (1) having a display (3), and video capturing unit, the method comprising: establishing a video call with a remote server (6) such that said remote server receives video images captured by said mobile device during the video call; performing image recognition to identify at least one first object (4) in said captured video; and generating a signal for transmission to said mobile device, said signal comprising information relating to said first object.
Claims28
A method of accessing information using a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving by a remote server video images captured by said mobile device;
- identifying a first object in said captured video images;
- detecting by a motion detection unit a direction of movement of said first object in said video images;
- and
- generating a signal for transmission to said mobile device, said signal comprising information relating to said first object, wherein the information is selected based on said first object and said detected direction of movement of said first object.
A method of accessing information relating to an object in a video image, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a server, video captured from a video call with a mobile device;
- determining a direction of movement of an object in a field of view of the video;
- and
- selecting, based upon the determined direction of movement, predetermined information relating to the object.
A system for accessing information comprising:
- a mobile device comprising a video capturing unit to capture video images;
- and
- a server to communicate with said mobile device in a video call, said server comprising:
- an image recognition unit to identify an object in at least one video image captured during said video call;
- a motion detection unit arranged to detect a direction of movement of the object in said at least one video image;
- and
- a transmission unit to transmit a signal to said mobile device, the signal comprising object information based upon said object and said detected direction of movement.
An automatic information supply system comprising:
- a communication unit to communicate with a mobile device in a video call and to receive video images captured by said mobile device;
- an image recognition unit to identify an object in one or more of said video images;
- a motion detection unit to detect a direction of movement of the object in said video images;
- and
- a transmission unit to transmit a signal to said mobile device, said signal comprising object information based upon said object and said detected direction of movement.
A method of building a 3D object map using a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving by a server video images captured by said mobile device during a video call;
- identifying a plurality of objects in said captured video images;
- performing motion detection of said identified objects;
- and
- generating said 3D object map based on said identified objects and storing said 3D object map in a memory, wherein at least one of the plurality of identified objects includes an image of a printed symbol, and wherein generating said 3D object map further comprises replacing, in said object map, the image of the printed symbol with an image of an object represented by the printed symbol.
A method of generating a 3D object map comprising:
- establishing a video call with a remote server;
- pointing a mobile device at a series of objects and capturing video images of said objects in said video call, at least one said objects comprising a printed symbol;
- transmitting the captured video images to the remote server;
- and
- receiving a 3D object map of said objects from said remote server, wherein said 3D object map comprises images of said objects, said images including an image of an object represented by the printed symbol in place of the image of the printed symbol.
A server for generating a 3D object map comprising:
- a video calling unit to communicate with a mobile device in a video call and to receive video images captured by said mobile device;
- an image recognition unit to identify an object in one or more of said video images;
- a motion detection unit to detect a motion of the object in said video images;
- a generating unit to generate a 3D object map based on said identified objects and the detected motion of said objects, wherein said objects include at least one printed symbol, wherein the generating unit is to:
- replace, in the 3D object map, the image of the printed symbol with an image of an object represented by the printed symbol;
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- a transmission unit to transmit said 3D object map to said mobile device.
A method of locating a first object using a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving at a remote server video images captured by said mobile device;
- identifying, by the remote server, a second object in said captured video images;
- determining a location of said first object with respect to a location of said second object;
- and
- generating a video signal for transmission from said remote server to said mobile device, said video signal comprising directions from said second object to said first object.
A method of locating a first object using a mobile device comprising:
- establishing a video call between the mobile device and a remote server;
- pointing a video capturing unit of the mobile device at a second object;
- and
- receiving by said mobile device, from said remote server, a video signal comprising directions from said second object to said first object.
A server to provide directions from a second object to a first object, the server comprising:
- a video calling unit to receive video images captured by a mobile device and transmitted to the server;
- an image recognition unit to identify said second object in one or more of said video images;
- a direction determining unit to determine directions from said second object to said first object based upon said video images;
- and
- a transmission unit to transmit a video signal comprising said directions to said mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.