Intuitive computing methods and systems
First Claim
1. A smart phone comprising:
- a wireless communications interface;
a touch screen display;
a camera for capturing imagery;
a microphone for capturing audio;
a physical discovery button for initiating a discovery mode, in which the discovery mode includes processing smart phone camera-captured imagery or microphone-captured audio to obtain identification of an object depicted in camera-captured imagery or to obtain identification of microphone-captured audio, an identification obtained through said wireless communications interface;
one or more processors; and
memory storing software instructions for configuring said one or more processors for;
responsive to a request received via said physical discovery button, initiating a discovery mode including processing imagery captured with said camera;
causing a sensor pane to be displayed on said touch screen display, in which captured imagery is displayed along with augmented reality graphics within the sensor pane, and causing user-selectable graphic icons to be displayed within a first area of said touch screen display;
causing highlighting of an object represented in captured imagery that is displayed within the sensor pane; and
causing a user-selectable graphic icon to be displayed on said touch screen display to facilitate switching discovery modes from image to audio.
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Abstract
A smart phone senses audio and/or imagery from a surrounding environment, and acts to provide graphical user interfaces and toggling discovery modes. In one arrangement, a smart phone comprises: a wireless communications interface; a touch screen display; a camera for capturing imagery; a microphone for capturing audio; a physical discovery button for initiating a discovery mode, in which the discovery mode includes processing smart phone sensor-captured imagery or sensor-captured audio to obtain identification of an object depicted in sensor-captured imagery or of captured audio, the identification obtained through the wireless communications interface; one or more processors; and memory storing software instructions for configuring said one or more processors for: responsive to a request received via the physical discovery button, initiating a discovery mode including processing imagery captured with said camera; causing a sensor pane to be displayed on the touch screen display, in which captured imagery is displayed along with augmented reality graphics within the sensor pane, and causing user-selectable graphic icons to be displayed within a first area of the touch screen display; highlighting an object represented in captured imagery that is displayed within the sensor pane; and causing a user-selectable graphic icon to be displayed on the touch screen display to facilitate switching discovery modes from image to audio. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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30 Claims
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1. A smart phone comprising:
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a wireless communications interface; a touch screen display; a camera for capturing imagery; a microphone for capturing audio; a physical discovery button for initiating a discovery mode, in which the discovery mode includes processing smart phone camera-captured imagery or microphone-captured audio to obtain identification of an object depicted in camera-captured imagery or to obtain identification of microphone-captured audio, an identification obtained through said wireless communications interface; one or more processors; and memory storing software instructions for configuring said one or more processors for; responsive to a request received via said physical discovery button, initiating a discovery mode including processing imagery captured with said camera; causing a sensor pane to be displayed on said touch screen display, in which captured imagery is displayed along with augmented reality graphics within the sensor pane, and causing user-selectable graphic icons to be displayed within a first area of said touch screen display; causing highlighting of an object represented in captured imagery that is displayed within the sensor pane; and causing a user-selectable graphic icon to be displayed on said touch screen display to facilitate switching discovery modes from image to audio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable device comprising:
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a wireless communications interface; a touch screen display; a camera for capturing imagery; a microphone for capturing audio; a physical discovery button for initiating a discovery mode, in which the discovery mode includes processing smart phone sensor-captured imagery or sensor-captured audio to obtain identification of an object depicted in sensor-captured imagery or to obtain identification of captured audio, an identification obtained through said wireless communications interface; one or more processors configured for; responsive to a request received via said physical discovery button, initiating a discovery mode including processing imagery captured with said camera, the processing imagery comprises transforming data representing the imagery captured with said camera into greyscale imagery; causing captured imagery including video to be displayed in a first area on said touch screen display along with augmented reality graphics; causing user-selectable graphic icons to be displayed in a second area on said touch screen display, in which the user-selectable graphic icons include visible indicia to graphically represent content; and causing a user-selectable graphic icon to be displayed on said touch screen display to facilitate switching discovery modes from image to audio. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A smart phone comprising:
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a camera; a microphone; a wireless communications interface; a physical discovery button for receiving an indication to initiate a discovery mode, in which the discovery mode includes analyzing sensor-captured audio or imagery to obtain identification of an object depicted in sensor-captured imagery or to obtain identification of captured audio, an identification obtained through said wireless communications interface; processing means for, responsive to a request via the physical discovery button, initiating a discovery mode including processing imagery captured with said camera; smart phone user interface means for displaying two different areas, in which a first of the two areas comprises an area in which visual information associated with captured imagery is displayed along with augmented reality graphics, and in which a second of the two areas comprises user-selectable graphic icons; and smart phone mode switching means for displaying a user-selectable graphic icon to allow a user to switch discovery modes from image to audio. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product being embodied in non-transitory computer readable storage media and comprising smartphone executable instructions for:
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initiating a discovery mode, in response to a request received via a smartphone input, in which the discovery mode includes processing smartphone camera-captured imagery to obtain identification of an object depicted in the camera-captured imagery through a wireless communications interface of the smartphone; causing captured imagery including video to be displayed in a first area on a smartphone touch screen display along with augmented reality graphics; controlling a user interface to display user-selectable graphic icons in a second area on the touch screen display, in which the user-selectable graphic icons include visible indicia to graphically represent content; and controlling the user interface to display a user-selectable graphic icon on the touch screen display to facilitate switching discovery modes from image to audio, in which an audio discovery mode processes microphone-captured audio to determine identification therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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