Wireless telecommunications terminal comprising a digital camera for character recognition, and a network therefor
First Claim
1. A wireless telecommunications terminal comprising a digital camera and a processor, the digital camera being configured to take a digital photograph of an item, the item showing a character string, and the processor being configured to receive data of or relating to the character string read by an optical character recognition (OCR) reader in information of the digital photograph and to process said data.
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Abstract
A wireless telecommunications terminal is provided comprising a digital camera and a processor. The digital camera is configured to take a digital photograph of an item showing a character string. The processor is configured to receive data of or relating to the character string read by an optical character recognition (OCR) reader in the digital photograph information, and to process said data.
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20 Claims
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1. A wireless telecommunications terminal comprising a digital camera and a processor,
the digital camera being configured to take a digital photograph of an item, the item showing a character string, and the processor being configured to receive data of or relating to the character string read by an optical character recognition (OCR) reader in information of the digital photograph and to process said data.
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9. Wireless telecommunications network apparatus comprising a receiver, an optical character recognition (OCR) reader, and a transmitter,
the receiver being configured to receive information of a digital photograph of an item bearing a character string from a wireless telecommunications terminal, the OCR reader being configured to read a character string in the information of the digital photograph, the transmitter being configured to transmit to the wireless telecommunications terminal data of or relating to the character string read by the OCR reader.
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14. A method of using a wireless telecommunications terminal comprising a digital camera, the method comprising the steps of:
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taking a digital photograph of an item bearing a character string, receiving data of or relating to that character string, the character string having been read by optical character recognition, OCR, in information of the digital photograph. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of operating wireless telecommunications network apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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by radio reception receiving information of a digital photograph of an item bearing a character string from a wireless telecommunications terminal, reading a character string in the information of the photograph using optical character recognition OCR, by radio transmission transmitting data of or relating to the character string.
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18. A system comprising a wireless telecommunications network and a mobile wireless telecommunications terminal, the terminal comprising a digital camera and a wireless telecommunications transmitter, the camera being configured to take a digital photograph of an item bearing a character string, the wireless telecommunications transmitter being configured to transmit information of the digital photograph,
the telecommunications network comprising an optical character recognition (OCR) reader configured to read a character string in the information of the photograph.
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