Character and Object Recognition with a Mobile Photographic Device
First Claim
1. A method of utilizing a photographed image in one or more software applications, comprising:
- receiving a photograph of an image;
reading the photographed image and determining an identification of the photographed image;
passing the identification of the photographed image to one or more software applications; and
utilizing the identification of the photographed image via a programming associated with each of the one or more software applications.
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Abstract
Character and object recognition are provided from digital photography followed by digitization and integration of recognized textual and non-textual content into a variety of software applications for enabling use of data associated with the photographed content. A digital photograph may be processed by an optical character recognizer or optical object recognizer for generating data associated with a photographed object. A user of the photographed content may tag the photographed content with descriptive or analytical information that may be used for improving recognition of the photographed content and that may be used by subsequent users of the photographed content. Data generated for the photographed object may then be passed to a variety of software applications for use in accordance with respective application functionalities.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of utilizing a photographed image in one or more software applications, comprising:
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receiving a photograph of an image; reading the photographed image and determining an identification of the photographed image; passing the identification of the photographed image to one or more software applications; and utilizing the identification of the photographed image via a programming associated with each of the one or more software applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions which when executed perform a method of utilizing a photographed image in one or more software applications, comprising:
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receiving a photograph of an image; receiving an annotation to the photographed image, the annotation providing information about the photographed image; reading the photographed image and the annotation to the photographed image; determining an identification of the photographed image; passing the identification of the photographed image to one or more software applications; and utilizing the photographed image via a programming associated with each of the one or more software applications. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for utilizing a photographed image in one or more software applications, comprising:
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a mobile photographic device operative to capture a photograph of an image; to receive an annotation to the photographed image, the annotation providing information about the photographed image; to pass the photograph to a recognizer application; the recognizer application operative to determine an identification of the photographed image; the mobile photographic device further operative to pass the identification of the photographed image to one or more software applications; and to utilize the photographed image via a programming associated with each of the one or more software applications. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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