DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC IMAGE CAPTURE

• US 20090245695A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Peterson, Matthew, Lee, Travis, Najafi, Leyla, Senatore, Daniel, Anderson, Gretchen, Poisner, David, Foss, Ben, Witt, Jeff
• Granted Patent: US 8,340,477 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/312
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1456 based on user interactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/416 Extracting the logical structure, e.g. chapters, sections or page numbers; Identifying elements of the document, e.g. authors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00381 Input by recognition or interpretation of visible user gestures manual input means, e.g. digitisers, writing tablets H04N1/00392; gesture input to computers G06F3/017; recognition algorithms G06V40/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00798 Circuits or arrangements for the control thereof, e.g. using a programmed control device or according to a measured quantity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/19594 using a television camera or a still video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0436 Scanning a picture-bearing surface lying face up on a support H04N2201/0434 takes precedence; using cylindrical picture bearing surfaces H04N1/06; with manual scanning H04N1/107

Abstract

In some embodiments, provided are methods and reading devices with image capture capabilities for efficiently capturing multiple images.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a reading device with logic that when executed cause it to perform a method including;

monitoring an image area for an image;

determining if the image is ready to be captured; and

causing the image to be captured once it is determined that it is ready.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if it has sufficiently different content from a previous image.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if the image has a page number that is in a proper sequence relative to the previous image.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, in which the image is determined to be ready even if the page number is not in a proper sequence in response to a user override.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if appropriate motion has occurred above the image area.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, in which the appropriate motion comes from a user'"'"'s hand gesture.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if a user initiated a next image indication.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the user initiation comes from the user'"'"'s voice.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the reading device waits a period of time from the user activation until capturing the image.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the period of time is set by the user.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, in which the period of time is determined by the reader device.

12. A method, comprising:

monitoring an image area for an image;

determining if the image is ready to be captured; and

causing the image to be captured once it is determined that it is ready.

13. The method of claim 12, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if it has sufficiently different content from a previous image.

14. The method of claim 13, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if the image has a page number that is in a proper sequence relative to the previous image.

15. The method of claim 14, in which the image is determined to be ready even if the page number is not in a proper sequence in response to a user override.

16. The method of claim 12, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if appropriate motion has occurred above the image area.

17. The method of claim 16, in which the appropriate motion comes from a user'"'"'s hand gesture.

18. The method of claim 12, in which determining if the image is ready comprises determining if a user initiated a next image indication.

19. The method of claim 18, in which the user initiation comes from the user'"'"'s voice.

20. The method of claim 18, in which the reading device waits a period of time from the user activation until capturing the image.

21. The method of claim 20, in which the period of time is set by the user.

22. The method of claim 21, in which the period of time is determined by the reader device.