Image capture and identification system and process
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1. A method for identifying an object from a digitally captured image thereof whose image characteristics are present in at least one database including:
- decomposing the digitally captured image into a group of characterization parameter sets; and
comparing each of said characterization parameter sets with identical parameters of known objects stored in the at least one database; and
producing the best matches from the at least one database to identify the object.
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Abstract
The invention is a method by which information and communication pertinent to an object is provided based on imagery of the object. A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from a 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.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for identifying an object from a digitally captured image thereof whose image characteristics are present in at least one database including:
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decomposing the digitally captured image into a group of characterization parameter sets; and
comparing each of said characterization parameter sets with identical parameters of known objects stored in the at least one database; and
producing the best matches from the at least one database to identify the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for identifying an object in an at least one given image including:
iteratively comparing at least one region in the at least one given image with regions in images in an at least one database until the best correspondence is found between the at least one region in the at least one given image and the at least one region in images in the at least one database;
wherein the images in the least one database represent views of at least one object in at least one viewing orientation, wherein the comparing is performed by;
extracting and comparing parameters from the regions of the at least one given image and the images in the at least one database. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for identifying to a user a multi-dimensional object from at least one digitally captured image thereof whose image characteristics are present in at least one database including:
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decomposing the at least one digitally captured image into a group of parameters of different types; and
comparing the parameters of each type of the group of different parameter types with parameters of matching types of the different parameter types of known objects stored in the at least one database; and
producing a parameter match to a user from at least one parameter type, with respect to the at least one database for a high probability identification of the object. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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