Gesture processing with low resolution images with high resolution processing for optical character recognition for a reading machine
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1. A method of operating a portable reading machine, the method comprising:
- capturing by an image capture device, an image of a scene;
accessing a knowledge base that stores information for a gesturing mode the information to permit the portable reading machine to preferentially find specific types of visual elements of the scene;
processing the captured image by a computing device in the reading machine using information from the knowledge base to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item, the gesture indicating a command from the user to the reading machine to describe to the user specific types of visual elements in the image; and
applying optical character recognition to recognize text in the image.
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Abstract
A portable reading machine that operates in several modes and performs image preprocessing to prior to optical character recognition. The portable reading machine receives a low resolution image and a high resolution image of a scene and processing the low resolution image to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item that indicates a command from the user to the reading machine and the high resolution image to recognize text in the image of the scene, according to the command from the user to the machine.
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1. A method of operating a portable reading machine, the method comprising:
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capturing by an image capture device, an image of a scene; accessing a knowledge base that stores information for a gesturing mode the information to permit the portable reading machine to preferentially find specific types of visual elements of the scene; processing the captured image by a computing device in the reading machine using information from the knowledge base to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item, the gesture indicating a command from the user to the reading machine to describe to the user specific types of visual elements in the image; and applying optical character recognition to recognize text in the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27)
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6. A computer program product tangibly stored on a computer readable storage device- for operating a portable reading machine, the computer program product comprising instructions to:
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receive an image of a scene from an capture device; access a knowledge base that stores information for a gesturing mode, the information to permit the portable reading machine to preferentially find specific types of visual elements of the scene; process the image to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item the gesture indicating a command from the user to the reading machine to describe to the user specific types of visual elements found in the image based on information from the knowledge base in the image; and apply optical character recognition to recognize text in the image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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11. A portable reading machine comprising:
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a computing device; an image input device coupled to the computing device for capturing images; and a computer readable storage device storing a computer program product comprising instructions to cause the computing device to; receive a image of a scene captured from the image input device; access a knowledge base that stores information for a gesturing mode, the information to permit the portable reading machine to preferentially find specific types of visual elements of the scene; process the image using information from the knowledge base to recognize a user-initiated gesture using a gesturing item that indicates a command from the user to the reading machine to describe to the user specific types of visual elements found in the image based on information from the knowledge base; apply optical character recognition to process the image to recognize text in the image according to the command; apply speech synthesis to the recognized text to render the recognized text as speech; and render as speech the description of the specific visual elements. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 25, 26)
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