Mobile information terminal device, information processing method, recording medium, and program

• US 20050116945A1
• Filed: 10/26/2004
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mochizuki, Daisuke, Sato, Makoto, Tanaka, Tomohisa
• Application Number:
  US10/973,684
• Publication Number:
  US 20050116945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1456 based on user interactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

A mobile information terminal device of the present invention comprises photographing means for photographing a subject, first display control means for controlling a display operation of images based on the photographed subject by the photographing means, selection means for selecting an image area for recognition from the images the display operation of which is controlled by the first display control means, recognition means for recognizing the image area selected by the selection means, and second display control means for controlling the display operation of a recognition result obtained by the recognition means. According to the present invention, the characters included in the photographed images by the mobile information terminal device can be recognized. Particularly, a predetermined area is able to be selected from the photographed images, and the characters in the predetermined area are recognized.

Claims

1. A mobile information terminal device comprising:

photographing means for photographing a subject;

first display control means for controlling a display operation of images based on the photographed subject by the photographing means;

selection means for selecting an image area for recognition from the images the display operation of which is controlled by the first display control means;

recognition means for recognizing the image area selected by the selection means; and

second display control means for controlling the display operation of a recognition result obtained by the recognition means.

2. The mobile information terminal device as cited in claim 1, wherein;

said selection means is configured to select a starting point and an ending point of the image area for recognition.

3. The mobile information terminal device as cited in claim 1, further comprising aiming control means, wherein;

said first display control means further controls the display operation of a mark for designating the starting point of the images is configured to further include aiming control means for further controlling; and

said aiming control means controls to aim at the image for recognition when the images for recognition are present near the mark.

4. The mobile information terminal device as cited in claim 1, further comprising:

extracting means for extracting an image succeeding the image area when an expansion of the image area selected by the selection means is instructed.

5. The mobile information terminal device as cited in claim 1, further comprising:

translating means for translating the recognition result obtained by the recognition means.

6. The mobile information terminal device as cited in claim 1, further comprising:

accessing means for accessing another device based on the recognition result obtained by the recognition means.

7. An information processing method comprising:

a photographing step of photographing a subject;

a first display control step of controlling a display operation of images based on the photographed subject by the processing of the photographing step;

a selection step of selecting an image area for recognition from the images the display operation of which is controlled by the processing of the first display control step;

a recognition step of recognizing the image area selected by the processing of the selection step; and

a second display control step of controlling the display operation of a recognition result by the processing of the recognition step.

8. A recording medium on which a program causing a computer to perform a processing is recorded, said processing comprising:

a photographing step of photographing a subject;

a first display control step of controlling a display operation of images based on the subject photographed by the processing of the photographing step;

a selection step of selecting an image area for recognition from the images the display operation of which is controlled by the processing of the first display control step;

a recognition step of recognizing the image area selected by the processing of the selection step; and

a second display control step of controlling a display operation of a recognition result by the processing of the recognition step.

9. A program causing the computer to perform a processing comprising:

a photographing step of photographing a subject;

a first display control step of controlling a display operation of images based on the subject photographed by the processing of the photographing step;

a selection step of selecting an image area for recognition from the images the display operation of which is controlled by the processing of the first display control step;

a recognition step of recognizing the image area selected by the processing of the selection step; and

a second display control step of controlling a display operation of a recognition result by the processing of the recognition step.