Mobile terminals, methods, and program products that generate communication information based on characters recognized in image data
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a camera device that is configured to capture image data based on incident light;
a controller that is configured to recognize characters in the image data, and configured to generate information that is to be communicated from the mobile terminal based on the recognized characters.
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Abstract
Mobile terminals, methods, and program products generate information for communication from a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal can include a camera device and a controller. The camera device is configured to capture image data based on incident light. The controller is configured to recognize characters in the image data, and to generate the information that is to be communicated from the mobile terminal based on the recognized characters. The controller may determine that the recognized characters are indicative of an Internet address, a message address, a telephone number, a street address, and/or contact information.
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a camera device that is configured to capture image data based on incident light;
a controller that is configured to recognize characters in the image data, and configured to generate information that is to be communicated from the mobile terminal based on the recognized characters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of generating information for communication from a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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recognizing characters in image data; and
generating information that is to be communicated from the mobile terminal based on the recognized characters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A program product for generating information for communication from a mobile terminal, the computer program product comprising program code embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, the computer program code comprising:
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program code that is configured to recognize characters in image data; and
program code that is configured to generate information that is to be communicated from the mobile terminal based on the recognized characters. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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