PORTABLE IMAGE PROCESSING AND MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE

• US 20090285484A1
• Filed: 07/27/2009
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mallinson, Dominic S., Marks, Richard L.
• Application Number:
  US12/510,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20090285484A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/183
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/217 using environment-related information, i.e. information generated otherwise than by the player, e.g. ambient temperature or humidity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/22 Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1087 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6081 generating an output signal, e.g. under timing constraints, for spatialization
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/66 for rendering three dimensional images
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00323 : with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 : for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

A portable device configured to provide enhanced shopping information is provided. The portable device has a display screen and an image capture device and the portable device is configured to access databases through a wireless network. The portable device includes image recognition logic that is configured to perform analysis of an image of an object that includes a bar code associated with a product. The analysis determines if the graphics found on the object correspond to a bar code and a portion of an image with the bar code is communicated through the wireless network to the databases to identify the product. The portable device further includes image generation logic that is configured to obtain product information for the identified product from the databases and present the product information on the display screen of the portable device.

Claims

1. A portable device configured to provide enhanced shopping information, comprising:

the portable device configured to access a wireless network, the portable device having a display screen and an image capture device, the portable device configured to access at least one database through the wireless network, the portable device including,

image recognition logic configured to perform analysis of an image of an object captured using the image capture device, the object including a bar code associated with a product, the analysis being done on the image to determine if graphics found on the object correspond to the bar code, an image portion having the bar code is communicated through the wireless network to the one or more databases to identify the product associated with the bar code; and

image generation logic configured to obtain a plurality of product information for the identified product from the one or more databases and presenting the plurality of product information on the display screen of the portable device, wherein the presenting defines multimedia data in a graphical user interface that includes one of an image of the product or text information about the product.

2. The portable device of claim 1, wherein analysis of the image of the object recognizes the bar code from the graphics found on the object.

3. The portable device of claim 2, wherein recognition of the bar code in the image of the object triggers communication of the image portion having the bar code to the database.

4. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the image portion having the bar code is matched to a corresponding entry in the database.

5. The portable device of claim 1, wherein capturing the image of the object is performed without scanning the image of the object.

6. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of product information includes pricing, product reviews, and quantity in stock associated with the identified product.

7. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the portable device is one of a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a web tablet, or a pocket PC.

8. A method for obtaining product information through a portable device, comprising:

capturing an image of an object using an image capture device, the object including a bar code associated with a product;

analyzing the image of the object to determine if graphics found on the object correspond to a bar code;

transmitting an image portion having the bar code to at least one database through a wireless network;

identifying the product associated with the bar code through the image portion having the bar code that is provided to the one or more databases;

obtaining a plurality of product information from the one or more databases; and

presenting the plurality of product information associated with the identified product, wherein the presenting defines multimedia data in a graphical user interface that includes one of an image of the product or text information about the product.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

recognizing the bar code from the graphics of the object.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

triggering communication of the image portion having the bar code to the database upon recognition of the bar code in the image of the object.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

matching the transmitted image portion having the bar code to a corresponding entry in the database.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of product information includes audio/video media associated with the identified product.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the audio/video media associated with the identified product includes an audio clip representing a portion of a music compact disc or a video clip of a movie.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the audio/video media associated with the identified product represents a portion of a video game.

15. A computer readable media including program instructions for presenting product data associated with an identified product to a viewer, comprising:

program instructions for capturing an image of an object, the object having a bar code associated with a product;

program instructions for analyzing the image of the object to determine if graphics found on the object correspond to the bar code;

program instructions for transmitting an image portion having the bar code to at least one database through a wireless network;

program instructions for identifying the product associated with the bar code through the image portion having the bar code that is transmitted to the one or more databases;

program instructions for obtaining a plurality of product information associated with the identified product from the one or more databases; and

program instructions for presenting the plurality of product information associated with the identified product, wherein the presenting defines multimedia data in a graphical user interface that includes one of an image of the product or text information about the product.

16. The computer readable media of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions for recognizing the bar code from the graphics of the object.

17. The computer readable media of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions for matching the transmitted image portion having the bar code to a corresponding entry in the database.

18. The computer readable media of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions for triggering communication of the image portion having the bar code to the database upon recognition of the image of the bar code in the image of the object

19. The computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the plurality of product information includes catalogue information associated with the identified product.

20. The computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the multimedia data associated with the identified product includes an audio clip representing a portion of a music compact disc or a video clip of a movie.