User interface for mixed media reality

• US 8,156,427 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Issued: 04/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Graham, Jamey, Erol, Berna, Hart, Peter E., Hull, Jonathan J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Queler, Adam M
• Application Number:
  US11/461,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20070047816A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,080 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/201, 715/254, 707/104.1, 707/5, 358/403
• US Class Current: 715/254
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/40 Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition

Abstract

A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). In one embodiment, an MMR document is retrieved based on recognition of a paper document. Responsive to a comparison of the paper document and a virtual multimedia document, a set of actions is displayed to a user. Responsive to a user selection, the user-selected action is performed. In another embodiment, a captured list of names is used to assist a user with labeling a media file.

Claims

1. A system for labeling a media file, the system comprising:

a processor;

a document processor stored on a memory and executable by the processor, the document parser;

for receiving a media file and for capturing a list of names from a document by locating at least one hotspot in response to printing the document, the names associated with the at least one hotspot;

a display module for generating a menu for display to a user, the menu including a description of the media file and the list of names, wherein the names are displayed in an order based at least in part on previous user selections; and

a media file storage system for, responsive to a user selection, associating the media file with the user-selected name from the document.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a print driver capture module for capturing the document, wherein the document parser is configured to parse the captured document.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an event capture module for capturing the document, wherein the document parser is configured to parse the captured document.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a scanner for capturing the document, wherein the document parser is configured to parse the document.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a name prioritizer for ordering the list of names.

6. A method for labeling a media file, the method comprising:

receiving the media file;

capturing a list of names from a document by locating at least one hotspot in response to printing the document, the names associated with the at least one hotspot;

generating a menu for display to a user, the menu including a description of the media file and the list of names,

wherein the names are displayed in an order based at least in part on previous user selections; and

responsive to a user selection, associating the media file with the user-selected name from the document.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the document is a document file.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the order is based at least in part on a prominence of the names the document file.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one hotspot is surrounded by a fiducial mark the document file.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the document file is one from the group of a text document, a web page, a presentation, and a spreadsheet.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the document is a scanned image of a paper document and the list of names is captured when the paper document is scanned.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the media file is one from the group of an audio file, a video file, an image file, a document, a web page, a presentation, and a spreadsheet.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the media file includes a metadata field, and wherein associating the media file with the user-selected name comprises storing the user-selected name in the metadata field.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein associating the media file with the user-selected name comprises storing the user-selected name as a file name of the media file.

15. The method of claim 6, wherein associating the media file with the user-selected name comprises the storing media file in a folder, wherein the folder is associated with a folder name including the user-selected name.

16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive a media file;

capture a list of names from a document by locating at least one hotspot in response to printing the document, the names associated with the at least one hotspot;

generate a menu for display to a user, the menu including a description of the media file and the list of names,

wherein the names are displayed in an order based at least in part on previous user selections; and

responsive to a user selection, associating the media file with the user-selected name from the document.