TV screen text capture
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1. A method of processing television images, comprising:
- receiving a command from a television user interface to capture a television image;
as a result of receipt of the command, capturing and storing a single frame of the television image to a frame memory device of the television;
receiving commands from the television user interface for editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image;
editing the captured image in accord with the editing commands; 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 command from a television user interface to capture a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; receiving commands from the television user interface for editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image; editing the captured image in accord with the editing commands; 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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receiving a command from a television user interface to capture a television image; as a result of receipt of the command, capturing and storing a single frame of the television image to a frame memory device of the television; receiving commands from the television user interface for editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image; editing the captured image in accord with the editing commands; 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 command from a television user interface to capture a television image; as a result of receipt of the command, capturing and storing a single frame of the television image to a frame memory device of the television; receiving commands from the television user interface for editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image; editing the captured image in accord with the editing commands, wherein 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, 17)
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18. A method of processing television images, comprising:
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receiving a command from a television user interface to capture a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; in accord with commands received from a remote controller to manipulate a capture rectangle or cropping lines, isolating a portion of the stored frame of the television image; editing the isolated portion of the image in accord with the editing commands, wherein the editing is carried out while a browser is being displayed on the screen as an overlay, and wherein the editing commands include at least one of rotating, cropping and scaling of the captured image; wherein 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 wherein 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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19. A method of processing television images, comprising:
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receiving a command from a television user interface to capture a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; receiving commands from the television user interface for editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image; editing the captured image in accord with the editing commands; storing the isolated portion of the image to a storage device for subsequent retrieval; where the editing commands include at least one of rotating, cropping and scaling of the captured image, and where the editing is carried out while a browser is being displayed on the screen; and 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. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of processing television images, comprising:
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receiving a command from a television user interface to capture a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; receiving commands from the television user interface for editing the captured image to at least isolate a portion of the image; editing the captured image in accord with the editing commands, wherein the editing is carried out while a browser is being displayed on the screen as an overlay; storing the isolated portion of the image to a portion of the frame memory device for subsequent retrieval; and 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. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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