TV Screen Text Capture
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1. A method of processing television images, comprising:
- at a television, receiving a television signal;
capturing a single frame of the television signal by extracting the frame from the received television signal;
storing the single frame of the television image to a frame memory device of the television;
editing the captured image to isolate at least a portion of the image, thereby producing an isolated portion of the image; and
storing the isolated portion of the image to a storage device for subsequent retrieval.
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Abstract
A method of processing television images consistent with certain implementations involves receiving a television signal and capturing a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image; and storing the isolated portion of the image to a storage device for subsequent retrieval. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
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1. A method of processing television images, comprising:
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at a television, receiving a television signal; capturing a single frame of the television signal by extracting the frame from the received television signal; storing the single frame of the television image to a frame memory device of the television; editing the captured image to isolate at least a portion of the image, thereby producing an isolated portion of the image; and storing the isolated portion of the image to a storage device for subsequent retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of processing television images, comprising:
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receiving a television image; capturing a single frame of the television signal by extracting the frame from the received television signal; storing the single frame of the television image to a frame memory device of the television; editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image, thereby producing an isolated portion of the image; where the editing is carried out while a browser is being displayed on the screen as an overlay; and storing the isolated portion of the image to a portion of the frame memory device for subsequent retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of processing television images, comprising:
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at a television, receiving a television signal; capturing a single frame of the television signal by extracting the frame from the received television signal; storing the single frame of the television image to a frame memory device of the television; isolating a portion of the stored frame of the television image; editing the isolated portion of the image, where the editing is carried out while a browser is being displayed on the screen as an overlay, and where the editing includes at least one of rotating, cropping and scaling of the captured image; where the browser is displayed as an overlay in one of side of a split screen display that displays a full height rendition of an original image scaled to the split screen, and where the original image is scaled for a 16;
9 active display area and the full height rendition is scaled to a full height image in the split screen to represent the original frozen frame;storing the isolated portion of the image to a portion of the frame memory device for subsequent retrieval; OCR processing the edited and captured image to derive character data therefrom, and inserting the character data into a search engine via a browser; and sending the stored isolated portion of the image to at least one of a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a storage device or a telephone.
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18. A television apparatus, comprising:
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a television receiver configured for receiving a video signal; a frame memory device; a programmed processor or processors coupled to the frame memory device and programmed to; capture a single frame of the video signal by extracting the frame from the received television signal; store the single frame of the video signal to the frame memory device of the television apparatus; edit the captured image to isolate at least a portion of the image, thereby producing an isolated portion of the image; and store the isolated portion of the image to a storage device for subsequent retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A television apparatus, comprising:
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a television receiver configured for receiving a video signal; a frame memory device; a programmed processor or processors coupled to the frame memory device and programmed to; capture a single frame of the video signal by extracting the frame from the received television signal; store the single frame of the video signal to the frame memory device of the television apparatus; edit the captured image to isolate at least a portion of the image, thereby producing an isolated portion of the image; store the isolated portion of the image to a portion of the frame memory device for subsequent retrieval; OCR process the edited and captured image to derive character data therefrom; insert the character data into a search engine via a browser. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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