Image capture and identification system and process
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1. An image-based transaction system:
- a mobile device having an image sensor, wherein the mobile device, when software in the mobile device is executed, is caused to execute operations comprising;
digitally capturing a video stream of a scene via the image sensor;
identifying a document using image characteristics from the digitally captured video stream;
automatically acquiring an image of at least part of the document in the scene;
identifying symbols, including alphanumeric symbols, in the image based on locations within the image of the document;
processing the symbols according to their symbol type;
obtaining an address related to the identified document and the processed symbols; and
initiating a transaction associated with the identified document and with the address via a server.
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Abstract
An image-based transaction system includes a mobile device with an image sensor that is programmed to capture, via the image sensor, a video stream of a scene. The mobile device identifies a document using image characteristics from the video stream and acquires an image of at least a part of the document, and then identifies symbols in the image based on locations within the image of the document. The symbols can include alphanumeric symbols. The mobile device processes the symbols according to their type to obtain an address related to the document and the symbols and initiates a transaction associated with the identified document.
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1. An image-based transaction system:
a mobile device having an image sensor, wherein the mobile device, when software in the mobile device is executed, is caused to execute operations comprising; digitally capturing a video stream of a scene via the image sensor; identifying a document using image characteristics from the digitally captured video stream; automatically acquiring an image of at least part of the document in the scene; identifying symbols, including alphanumeric symbols, in the image based on locations within the image of the document; processing the symbols according to their symbol type; obtaining an address related to the identified document and the processed symbols; and initiating a transaction associated with the identified document and with the address via a server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An image-based transaction system:
a mobile device having an image sensor, wherein the mobile device, when software in the mobile device is executed, is caused to execute operations comprising; digitally capturing a video stream of a scene via the image sensor; identifying a document using image characteristics from the digitally captured video stream; acquiring an image of at least part of the document in the scene; identifying symbols, including alphanumeric symbols, in the image based on locations within the image of the document; processing the symbols according to their symbol type; obtaining an address related to the identified document and the processed symbols; and initiating a transaction associated with the identified document and the address a via a server. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer implemented method initiating a transaction based on an image, the method comprising:
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digitally capturing, via a mobile device, a video stream of a scene via an image sensor; identifying, via the mobile device, a document using image characteristics from the digitally captured video stream; acquiring, via the mobile device, an image of at least part of the document in the scene; identifying symbols, including alphanumeric, in the image based on locations within the image of the document; processing the symbols according to their symbol type; obtaining an address related to the identified document and the processed symbols; and initiating a transaction associated with the identified document and the address via a server. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A computer program product, storable on a non-transitory computer readable memory, comprising software instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
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digitally capture a video stream of a scene via an image sensor; identify a document using image characteristics from the digitally captured video stream; acquire an image of at least part of the document in the scene; identify symbols in the image based on locations within the image of the document; process the symbols according to their symbol type; obtain an address related to the identified document and the processed symbols; and initiate a transaction associated with the identified document and the address via a server. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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