Object information derived from object images
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1. An image processing and information retrieval system comprising:
- a mobile device having a camera, the mobile device configured to capture an image, and configured to transmit data relating to the image to an image processing platform;
the image processing platform configured to receive the data relating to the image and to conduct image processing including;
operating on the data relating to the image to determine if the image contains one or more recognizable symbols; and
decoding the recognizable symbols to extract symbol information by analyzing the recognizable symbols according to type;
a distal server configured to access a database to identify pertinent information associated with the recognizable symbols based on the symbol information; and
the mobile device further configured to receive the pertinent information over a network.
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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 image processing and information retrieval system comprising:
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a mobile device having a camera, the mobile device configured to capture an image, and configured to transmit data relating to the image to an image processing platform; the image processing platform configured to receive the data relating to the image and to conduct image processing including; operating on the data relating to the image to determine if the image contains one or more recognizable symbols; and decoding the recognizable symbols to extract symbol information by analyzing the recognizable symbols according to type; a distal server configured to access a database to identify pertinent information associated with the recognizable symbols based on the symbol information; and the mobile device further configured to receive the pertinent information over a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for retrieving information from image processing, the method comprising:
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providing a mobile device having a camera the mobile device configured to capture an image and configured to transmit data relating to the image an image processing platform; configuring the image processing platform to receive the data relating to the image and to conduct image processing, including; operating on the data relating to the image to determine if the image contains one or more recognizable symbols; and decoding the recognizable symbols to extract symbol information by analyzing the recognizable symbols according to type; providing access to a distal server configured to use a database to identify pertinent information associated with the recognizable symbols based on the symbol information; and allowing the mobile device to receive the pertinent information over a network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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