Data capture and identification system and process
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1. A system comprising:
- a camera that captures an image;
a network-enabled device that conducts a data processing operation on at least a portion of the image to produce data, and sends the data to a service;
the service programmed to receive the data;
identify an object within the image;
distinguish an object present in the image from others using a database that stores data characteristics of target objects including diverse types of target objects;
associate the object with an information address; and
return the address to the network-enabled device; and
the network-enabled device further programmed to utilize the address to retrieve an item of information related to the object.
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Abstract
An identification method and process for objects from digitally captured images thereof that uses data characteristics to identify an object from a plurality of objects in a database. The data is broken down into parameters such as a Shape Comparison, Grayscale Comparison, Wavelet Comparison, and Color Cube Comparison with object data in one or more databases to identify the actual object of a digital image.
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1. A system comprising:
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a camera that captures an image; a network-enabled device that conducts a data processing operation on at least a portion of the image to produce data, and sends the data to a service; the service programmed to receive the data;
identify an object within the image;distinguish an object present in the image from others using a database that stores data characteristics of target objects including diverse types of target objects; associate the object with an information address; and
return the address to the network-enabled device; andthe network-enabled device further programmed to utilize the address to retrieve an item of information related to the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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