Optical image processing for image set decoding from a wireless communication device

• US 8,195,227 B1
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Bushman, Serge J. L., Gailloux, Michael, Persson, Carl Joseph, Wilson, Thomas Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): Beamer, Temica M
• Application Number:
  US12/275,283
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/414.1, 455/566, 398/28, 398/38
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

An image encodes processing parameters for a set of images. A wireless communication device optically receives and processes the received image to generate first image data. The image data represents the processing parameters. The wireless communication device processes the first image data to obtain the processing parameters. The wireless communication device then optically receives the set of images. The set of images encode second image data. The wireless communication device processes the optically received set of images based on the processing parameters to obtain second image data.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wireless communication device comprising:

optically receiving an image into the wireless communication device, wherein the image encodes processing parameters for a set of images;

processing the optically received image to generate first image data that represents the processing parameters;

processing the first image data to obtain the processing parameters;

optically receiving the set of images into the wireless communication device, wherein the set of images encodes second image data; and

processing the optically received set of images based on the processing parameters to obtain the second image data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the second image data to a URL contained in the processing parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising decrypting the second image data using a decryption code contained in the processing parameters.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising executing an application that further processes the second image data, wherein the application is indicated in the processing parameters.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein optically receiving the set of images comprises making a video sweep of the set of images.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the image is optically received from a computer display.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein processing the optically received set of images based on the processing parameters comprises selecting a subset of the set of images based on the processing parameters and processing only the subset of the set of images to obtain the second image data.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the processing parameters identify the subset of images.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the image and set of images comprise one-dimensional barcodes.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the image and set of images comprise two-dimensional barcodes.

11. A wireless communication device comprising:

a camera configured to optically receive an image that encodes processing parameters for a set of images and to process the optically received image to generate first image data that represents the processing parameters;

a processing system configured to process the image data to obtain the processing parameters;

the camera further configured to optically receive the set of images that encode second image data and to process the optically received set of images based on the processing parameters to obtain the second image data.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 11 further comprising a wireless communication interface configured to transmit the second image data to a URL contained in the processing parameters.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the processing system is further configured to decrypt the second image data using a decryption code contained in the processing parameters.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the processing system is further configured to execute an application that further processes the second image data, wherein the application is indicated in the processing parameters.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the camera is configured to optically receive the set of images by making a video sweep of the set of images.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the image is optically received from a computer display.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the processing parameters direct the camera to select a subset of the set of images and process only the subset of the set of images to obtain the second image data.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 17 wherein the processing parameter identify the subset of images.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the image and set of images comprise one-dimensional barcodes.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 11 wherein the image and set of images comprise two-dimensional barcodes.