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US 9,317,769 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.
Claims66
A mobile printed media interaction apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor;
- and
- an image matching engine configured to execute on the processor according to software instruction stored in the memory, and that configures the processor to:
- receive a digital image of at least a portion of a printed media object, the digital image acquired by a mobile device;
- derive salient features from the digital image;
- recognize the printed media object as a target object based, at least in part, on the salient features;
- determine a position or an orientation of the printed media object with respect to at least a portion of a user within the digital image;
- identify content information corresponding to the printed media object based, at least in part, on recognizing the printed media object as the target object, the content information available at an address and stored in a content database;
- and
- cause a second device to perform an action associated with the content information based, at least in part, on the position or the orientation of the printed media object with respect to the at least the portion of the user within the digital image.
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A mobile device method of interacting with a printed media object comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a digital image of at least a portion of a printed media object, the digital image acquired by a mobile device;
- deriving, by the processor, salient features from the digital image;
- recognizing, by the processor, the printed media object as a target object based, at least in part, on the salient features;
- determining, by the processor, a position or an orientation of the printed media object with respect to a least a portion of a user within the digital image;
- identifying, by the processor, content information corresponding to the printed media object based, at least in part, on recognizing the printed media object as the target object, the content information available at an address and stored in a content database;
- and
- causing, by the processor, a second device to perform an action associated with the content information based, at least in part, on the position or the orientation of the printed media object with respect to the least the portion of the user within the digital image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium for enabling a mobile device to interact with a printed media object, comprising instructions stored on the medium and that configure a mobile device processor perform the steps of:
- receiving a digital image of at least a portion of printed media object, the digital image acquired by the mobile device;
- deriving salient features from the digital image;
- recognizing the printed media object as a target object based, at least in part, on the salient features;
- determining a position or an orientation of the printed media object with respect to a least a portion of a user within the digital image;
- identifying content information corresponding to the printed media object based, at least in part, on recognizing the printed media object as the target object, the content information available at an address and in a content database;
- and
- causing a second device to perform an action associated with the content information based, at least in part, on the position or the orientation of the printed media object with respect to the least the portion of the user within the digital image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.