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US 8,577,146 B2Granted
Methods and devices that use an image-captured pointer for selecting a portion of a captured image
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsOla Thörn, Simon Lessing
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a camera that is configured to generate a visual data signal that corresponds to dynamically captured graphic content that includes an image and a pointer that is operable to communicate a selection characteristic of the image. A signal processor receives the visual data signal and is operable to identify a portion of the image in the dynamically captured graphic content responsive to the selection characteristic communicated by the pointer.
Claims18
An electronic device, comprising:
- a camera that is configured to generate a visual data signal that corresponds to dynamically captured graphic content that includes an image and a pointer that is operable to communicate a selection characteristic of the image, wherein the pointer comprises a user digit, and wherein the selection characteristic comprises an underline characteristic that is operable to identify the portion of the image by an underlining motion that is dynamically captured;
- a signal processor that receives the visual data signal and is operable to identify a portion of the image in the dynamically captured graphic content responsive to the selection characteristic communicated by the pointer;
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- a transceiver that is configured to send the portion of the image to a processor that is external to the electronic device, wherein the external processor is configured to analyze the portion of the image and to identify a source corresponding to the image responsive to analyzing the portion of the image, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive source data corresponding to the image responsive to the processor identifying the source, and
- wherein the signal processor is further configured to provide the source data for use on the electronic device.
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A method comprising:
- identifying a portion of an image and a user directed pointer captured by a camera of a mobile communication terminal responsive to the user directed pointer that is operable to identify the portion of the image, wherein the user directed pointer includes a user digit, and wherein the image includes alphanumeric text;
- generating visual data representing the portion of the image;
- sending the visual data over a network to a processor external to the mobile communication terminal that is configured, to identify a source of the alphanumeric;
- text and generate source data corresponding to the source;
- receiving the source data over the network;
- and
- providing the source data for use on the mobile communication terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.