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US 8,948,544 B2Granted
Object information derived from object images
AssigneeNant Holdings IP, LLC
InventorsWayne C. Boncyk, Ronald H. Cohen
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Abstract
Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image.
Claims17
A mobile image capturing device comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to capture a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation including an image and a sound;
- and
- an identification platform coupled with the at least one sensor and configured to:
- receive the digital representation from the at least one sensor;
- recognize the scene as including an object associated with a target object based at least in part on the digital representation;
- retrieve target object information, including an information address and related to the target object, from an available storage via a query derived from the digital representation;
- and
- cause a device to take an action related to the image and sound via the address and based on the target object information.
5 more elements
A method of capturing an image comprising:
- capturing, by at least one sensor of a mobile device, a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation including an image and a sound;
- receiving, by an identification platform, the digital representation from the at least one sensor;
- recognizing, by an identification platform, the scene as including an object associated with a target object based at least in part on the digital representation;
- retrieving target object information, including an information address and related to the target object, from an available storage via a query derived from the digital representation;
- and
- causing a device to take an action related to the image and sound via the address and based on the target object information.
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A non-transitory, computer readable medium storing software instructions that configure a processor to execute the steps of:
- capturing, by at least one sensor of a mobile device, a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation including an image and a sound;
- receiving, by an identification platform, the digital representation from the at least one sensor;
- recognizing, by an identification platform, the scene as including an object associated with a target object based at least in part on the digital representation;
- retrieving target object information, including an information address and related to the target object from an available storage via a query derived from the digital representation;
- and
- causing a device to take an action related to the image and sound via the address and based on the target object information.
3 more elements
A mobile image capturing device comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to capture a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation including an image and a sound, and associated with time information;
- and
- an identification platform coupled with the at least one sensor and configured to:
- receive the digital representation and the time information from the at least one sensor;
- recognize the scene as including an object associated with a target object based at least in part on the digital representation;
- retrieve target object information, including an information address and related to the target object, from an available storage via a query derived from the digital representation and the time information;
- and
- cause a device to take an action related to the image and sound via the address and based on the target object information.
5 more elements
A mobile image capturing device comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to capture a digital representation of a scene, the digital representation including an image and a sound, and associated with location information;
- and
- an identification platform coupled with the at least one sensor and configured to:
- receive the digital representation and the location information from the at least one sensor;
- recognize the scene as including an object associated with a target object based at least in part on the digital representation;
- retrieve target object information, including an address information and related to the target object, from an available storage via a query derived from the digital representation and the location information;
- and
- cause a device to take an action related to the image and sound via the address and based on the target object information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.