MOBILE PHONE SYSTEM WITH A CARD CHARACTER RECOGNITION FUNCTION

• US 20050041862A1
• Filed: 11/06/2003
• Published: 02/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Original Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Inventors: Lo, Jui-Hsiang
• Granted Patent: US 7,305,249 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/181
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/145 Illumination specially adapted for pattern recognition, e.g. using gratings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00331 with an apparatus performing optical character recognition character recognition G06V30/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like

Abstract

A mobile phone system with a card character recognition function includes a mobile phone, an image-capturing module for capturing a card image, and a character recognition module for transferring the card image captured by the image-capturing module into character data and for transmitting the character data to the mobile phone.

Claims

1. A mobile phone system with a card character recognition function comprising:

a mobile phone;

an image-capturing module for capturing a card image; and

a character recognition module for transferring the card image captured by the image-capturing module into character data and transmitting the character data to the mobile phone.

2. The mobile phone system of claim 1 wherein the image-capturing module is a phone camera installed on a housing of the mobile phone.

3. The mobile phone system of claim 1 further comprising a capturing jig for installation below a lens of the image-capturing module when capturing the card image, the capturing jig comprising:

a foldable rayshade made of opaque material;

a close-shooting lens installed inside the foldable rayshade for providing close-shooting focus; and

a light source installed inside the foldable rayshade for providing light when capturing the card image.

4. The mobile phone system of claim 3 wherein the light source of the capturing jig contains a white light emitting diode (LED).

5. The mobile phone system of claim 1 wherein the image-capturing module is an external phone camera connected to the character recognition module outside the mobile phone.

6. The mobile phone system of claim 5 wherein the character recognition module is installed outside the mobile phone and connected to the mobile phone and the image-capturing module.

7. The mobile phone system of claim 1 wherein the character recognition module is installed inside a housing of the mobile phone.

8. The mobile phone system of claim 1 wherein the character recognition module is an optical character recognition system (OCR system).

9. The mobile phone system of claim 1 wherein the mobile phone comprises:

a housing;

a control module installed inside the housing for controlling the mobile phone;

a display module installed inside the housing and electrically connected to the control module for displaying character data recognized by the character recognition module; and

a memory installed inside the housing and electrically connected to the control module for storing character data recognized by the character recognition module.

10. A capturing jig for installation below a lens on an image-capturing module of a mobile phone when the mobile phone is capturing an image, the capturing jig comprising:

a foldable rayshade made of opaque material;

a close-shooting lens installed inside the foldable rayshade for providing close-shooting focus; and

a light source installed inside the foldable rayshade for providing light when capturing the image.

11. The capturing jig of claim 10 wherein the light source contains a white light emitting diode (LED).