Object information derived from object images
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1. An information processing system comprising:
- a device connection configured to acquire a digital representation of a product from a mobile device; and
a processing server coupled with the device connection and configured to;
receive the digital representation from the mobile device over the device connection;
discriminate whether the digital representation of the product includes a representation of a recognizable identifying marking;
recognize the product as a target object;
obtain product identifying information from the identifying markings, the product identifying information identifying the target object as a specific target object;
obtain target object information via an address related to the specific target object based at least in part on the product identifying information; and
cause a second device to initiate a transaction as a function of the target object information.
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Abstract
Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image.
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71 Claims
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1. An information processing system comprising:
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a device connection configured to acquire a digital representation of a product from a mobile device; and a processing server coupled with the device connection and configured to; receive the digital representation from the mobile device over the device connection; discriminate whether the digital representation of the product includes a representation of a recognizable identifying marking; recognize the product as a target object; obtain product identifying information from the identifying markings, the product identifying information identifying the target object as a specific target object; obtain target object information via an address related to the specific target object based at least in part on the product identifying information; and cause a second device to initiate a transaction as a function of the target object information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile device transaction system comprising:
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a mobile device comprising an image sensor programmed to acquire a digital representation of a product; and an image processing platform within the mobile device, the image processing platform is programmed to; receive the digital representation; discriminate whether the digital representation of the product includes a recognizable identifying marking; recognize the product as a target object; enable decoding of product identifying information from the identifying markings, the product identifying information identifying the target object as a specific target object; identify target object information via an address related to the specific target object based at least in part the product identifying information; and cause the mobile device to initiate a transaction as a function of the target object information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to implement the steps of:
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configuring a mobile device to operating as an image processing platform; receiving, by the mobile device, a digital representation of a product; discriminating, by the device, whether the digital representation of the product includes a recognizable identifying marking; recognizing the product as a target object; obtaining product identifying information from the identifying markings, the product identifying information identifying the target object as a specific target object; obtaining target object information via an address related to the specific target object based at least in part on the product identifying information; and causing a second device to initiate a transaction as a function of the target object information. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method comprising:
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configuring a mobile device to operating as an image processing platform; acquiring, by the mobile device, a digital representation of a product; receiving, by the mobile device, the digital representation; discriminating, by the mobile device, whether the digital representation of the product includes a recognizable identifying marking; recognizing the product as a target object; obtaining product identifying information from the identifying markings, the product identifying information identifying the target object as a specific target object; obtaining target object information via an address related to the specific target object based at least in part on the product identifying information; and causing a second device to initiate a transaction as a function of the target object information. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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