METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE-BASED IDENTIFICATION
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing a digital photo of an unidentified item;
transmitting, over a network, the digital photo to an identification service;
in response to transmitting the digital photo, receiving, over the network, item information from the identification service, wherein the item information includes textual identification information about the item; and
displaying the textual identification information.
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Abstract
The present invention may provide a method for image-based identification. The method may include providing a digital photo of an unidentified item; transmitting, over a network, the digital photo to an identification service; in response to transmitting the digital photo, receiving, over the network, item information from the identification service, wherein the item information includes textual identification information about the item; and displaying the textual identification information.
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33 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a digital photo of an unidentified item; transmitting, over a network, the digital photo to an identification service; in response to transmitting the digital photo, receiving, over the network, item information from the identification service, wherein the item information includes textual identification information about the item; and displaying the textual identification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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receiving a photo of an item over a communication network from a device; applying a detection algorithm on the photo to generate photo image metadata; searching a database for the image metadata; matching the photo image metadata with stored image data in the database, wherein the stored image data includes image metadata and reference identification information for each image stored in the database; in response to matching the photo image metadata, retrieving the reference identification information for the matched image metadata from the database; and transmitting the reference identification information to the device over the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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scanning images from a plurality of source locations; for each scanned image, creating image identification metadata from the scanned image and creating image reference information from the source of the scanned image; and storing, in a database, the image identification metadata and the image reference information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor to control operations of the apparatus; a memory to store a photo of an item; a communication system comprising a transmitter to transmit the photo over a communication network and a receiver to receive identification information for the item in response to transmitting the photo; and a display to display the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system, comprising:
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a communication system to receive a request to identify an item in a photo and to transmit identification information in response to the request; a processor to apply a detection algorithm on the photo to generate photo image metadata; and a database that stores image metadata and corresponding identification information. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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