Capturing text from rendered documents using supplemental information
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1. A method in a computing system for processing a distinguished text capture operation, comprising:
- receiving text captured from a distinguished rendered document in the distinguished text capture operation;
receiving supplemental information distinct from the captured text; and
determining an action to perform in response to the distinguished text capture operation based upon both the captured text and the supplemental information.
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Abstract
A system for processing a text capture operation is described. The system receives text captured from a rendered document in the text capture operation. The system also receives supplemental information distinct from the captured text. The system determines an action to perform in response to the text capture operation based upon both the captured text and the supplemental information.
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1. A method in a computing system for processing a distinguished text capture operation, comprising:
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receiving text captured from a distinguished rendered document in the distinguished text capture operation;
receiving supplemental information distinct from the captured text; and
determining an action to perform in response to the distinguished text capture operation based upon both the captured text and the supplemental information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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2. The method of claim 1 wherein the received captured text is captured from a printed document.
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3. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying optical character recognition techniques to an image captured from the distinguished rendered document to generate the captured text.
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4. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying voice recognition techniques to an audio clip of a person reading aloud from the distinguished rendered document to generate the captured text.
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5. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed by a distinguished user, and wherein the received supplemental information includes text captured in previous text capture operations by the distinguished user, and wherein the determined action is identifying a single electronic document as corresponding to the distinguished rendered document.
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6. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed by a distinguished user, and wherein the received supplemental information includes a document rendering characteristic observed in a previous text capture operation by the distinguished user and a corresponding document rendering characteristic observed in the distinguished text capture operation, and wherein the determined action is identifying different electronic documents as corresponding to the rendered documents in which the distinguished text capture operation and the previous text capture operation were performed based upon a difference between the document rendering characteristic observed in the previous text capture operation and the corresponding document rendering characteristic observed in the distinguished text capture operation.
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7. The method of claim 6 wherein the document rendering characteristic observed in the previous text capture operation and the corresponding document rendering characteristic observed in the distinguished text capture operation are different fonts.
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8. The method of claim 6 wherein the document rendering characteristic observed in the previous text capture operation and the corresponding document rendering characteristic observed in the distinguished text capture operation are different font sizes.
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9. The method of claim 6 wherein the document rendering characteristic observed in the previous text capture operation and the corresponding document rendering characteristic observed in the distinguished text capture operation are different paper types.
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10. The method of claim 1 wherein the determined action is identifying a position in a distinguished electronic document that is subsequent to a position identified in the distinguished electronic document as the site of a previous text capture operation by the distinguished user as the site of the distinguished text capture operation.
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11. The method of claim 1 wherein the received supplemental information indicates a geographic location at which the distinguished capture operation was performed, and wherein the determining comprises:
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identifying a plurality of electronic documents containing the received captured text; and
ranking the likelihood of the identified electronic documents corresponding to the distinguished rendered document based upon the likelihood that a rendered version of each identified electronic document would be available in the indicated geographic location.
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12. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the received captured text to identify an electronic document corresponding to the distinguished rendered document, wherein the received supplemental information indicates a geographic location at which rendered copies of the identified electronic document are likely to be available, and wherein the determining comprises determining that the text capture operation was performed at the indicated geographic location.
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13. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed using a text capture device, and wherein the received supplemental information includes information about the ambient environment in which the distinguished text capture operation was performed, and wherein the determining comprises determine a configuration of a distinguished capability of the device.
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14. The method of claim 13 wherein the distinguished text capture operation involves capturing an image of the captured text from the distinguished rendered document, and wherein the received supplemental information includes an indication of the frequency of light received in the image capture.
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15. The method of claim 13 wherein the distinguished text capture operation involves capturing an audio clip of a person reading aloud from the distinguished rendered document, and wherein the received supplemental information includes an indication of background sounds contained in the audio clip.
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16. The method of claim 13 wherein determining a configuration of a distinguished capability of the device comprises determining to disable the distinguished capability.
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17. The method of claim 1 wherein the received supplemental information includes an indication of the time of day at which the distinguished image capture operation was performed, and the determined action is identifying a single electronic document as corresponding to the distinguished rendered document.
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18. The method of claim 1 wherein the received supplemental information includes an indication of the day of week at which the distinguished image capture operation was performed, and wherein the determined action is identifying a single electronic document as corresponding to the distinguished rendered document.
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19. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed by a distinguished user, and wherein the received supplemental information includes an indication of recent interactions of the distinguished user with electronic documents, and wherein the determined action is identifying a single electronic document as corresponding to the distinguished rendered document.
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20. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently loaded.
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21. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently saved.
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22. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently emailed.
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23. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently received via email.
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24. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently sent via instant messaging.
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25. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently received via instant messaging.
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26. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently printed.
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27. The method of claim 19 wherein the received supplemental information identifies documents that the distinguished user has recently searched.
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28. The method of claim 1 wherein the received supplemental information includes an indication of a time at which the distinguished image capture operation was performed, and wherein the determining is performed at time distinct from the time at which the distinguished image capture operation was performed, and wherein the determining is performed based the captured text, the indication of the time at which the distinguished image capture operation was performed, and the time at which the determining is performed.
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29. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed by a distinguished user, and wherein the received supplemental information includes information about the conditions under which the text capture operation was performed, and wherein the determined action is associating the information about the conditions under which the text capture operation was performed with the distinguished user.
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30. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed by a distinguished user, and wherein the received supplemental information includes information about previous text capture operations performed by users other than the distinguished user, and wherein the determined action is identifying a single electronic document as corresponding to the distinguished rendered document.
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31. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed by a distinguished user, and wherein the received supplemental information includes information about previous text capture operations performed by users other than the distinguished user and about the conditions under which the previous text capture operation was performed, and wherein the determined action is identifying a single electronic document as corresponding to the distinguished rendered document.
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32. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation is performed using a distinguished text capture device, and wherein the determined action is identifying data to store in the distinguished text capture device that is likely to be useful for processing future text capture operations.
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33. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished rendered document contains at least one line of text, and wherein the received text is a proper subset of the text contained in a single line of the distinguished rendered document.
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34. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished rendered document contains at least one page of text, and wherein the received text is a proper subset of the text contained in a single page of the distinguished rendered document.
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35. The method of claim 1 wherein the received text is comprised of words, and wherein the distinguished text capture operation involved specific user interactions with each of the words of the received text.
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36. The method of claim 35 wherein the user spoke each of the words of the received text.
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37. The method of claim 35 wherein the user directed an optical sensor at each of the words of the received text.
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38. The method of claim 1 wherein the received text is comprised of ordered words, and wherein the distinguished text capture operation involved capturing physical phenomenon corresponding to each of the words of the received text in the order of the received text.
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39. The method of claim 1 wherein the received text is comprised of ordered words, and wherein the distinguished text capture operation involved capturing physical phenomenon corresponding to each of the words of the received text in the reverse order of the received text.
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40. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation involved manually moving an optical sensor across the distinguished rendered document.
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41. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation involved capturing image data from a non-rectangular region of the distinguished rendered document.
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42. The method of claim 1 wherein the received text comprises fewer than ten words.
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43. The method of claim 1 wherein the distinguished text capture operation involved capturing an image of fewer than ten words.
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44. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computing system to perform the method of claim 1.
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45. A computing system for performing the method of claim 1.
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46. One or more computer memories collectively containing a text capture operation data structure produced by the method of claim 1.
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2. The method of claim 1 wherein the received captured text is captured from a printed document.
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Current AssigneeKyocera Corporation
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Original AssigneeExbiblio BV
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InventorsKushler, Clifford A., Stafford-Fraser, James Q., King, Martin T., Grover, Dale L.
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Granted Patent
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US Class Current705/26
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