Image capture device and method of selecting and capturing a desired portion of text
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1. An image capture device for capturing and selecting a desired portion of text, said device comprising:
- projector apparatus adapted to project a visible light image onto text on a document to enable a user of the device to position the light image relative to the desired text portion;
capture apparatus adapted to capture at least some of said text in accordance with a position of the light image; and
text selector apparatus adapted to select said desired text portion from the captured text.
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Abstract
An image capture device electronically captures and selects a desired text portion. A visible light image is projected onto text on a document to enable a user to position the light image relative to the desired text portion. At least some of the text is captured in accordance with a position of the light image. A text selector selects the desired text portion from the captured text.
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1. An image capture device for capturing and selecting a desired portion of text, said device comprising:
- projector apparatus adapted to project a visible light image onto text on a document to enable a user of the device to position the light image relative to the desired text portion;
capture apparatus adapted to capture at least some of said text in accordance with a position of the light image; and
text selector apparatus adapted to select said desired text portion from the captured text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- projector apparatus adapted to project a visible light image onto text on a document to enable a user of the device to position the light image relative to the desired text portion;
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18. A method of selecting and capturing in electronic form a desired portion of text from a text document, the method comprising:
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a) guiding a projected light image to at least one location in the document, said location corresponding to the desired text portion;
b) capturing text in a region associated with the projected image; and
c) processing the captured text to select the desired text portion from the captured text. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. Camera means for digitally capturing text, comprising:
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a) means for projecting structured visible radiation to at least one specified location in a text document, for guiding a capture field of the camera means; and
b) optical character recognition (OCR) means for performing OCR on text associated with said at least one specified location. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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