Object Information Derived from Object Images
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1. An information retrieval system comprising:
- a device connection coupled with a device configured to acquire a digital representation of a scene;
an identification server configured to;
obtain the digital representation from the device over the device connection;
recognize an object within the scene based on the digital representation;
derive object attributes associated with the object based at least in part on the digital representation;
derive a query targeting a search engine indexing system based on the object attributes; and
cause the query to be submitted to a search engine that is configured to cause a results set from the query to be transmitted back to the device.
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Abstract
Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image.
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1. An information retrieval system comprising:
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a device connection coupled with a device configured to acquire a digital representation of a scene; an identification server configured to; obtain the digital representation from the device over the device connection; recognize an object within the scene based on the digital representation;
derive object attributes associated with the object based at least in part on the digital representation;derive a query targeting a search engine indexing system based on the object attributes; and cause the query to be submitted to a search engine that is configured to cause a results set from the query to be transmitted back to the device. - 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)
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