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Providing overlays based on text in a live camera view

  • US 9,165,406 B1
  • Filed: 09/21/2012
  • Issued: 10/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for providing an overlay in a live camera view, the method comprising:

  • under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,displaying an image on a display element of a computing device, the image being captured by a camera of the computing device;

    analyzing the image to locate a region of text in the image;

    analyzing the region of text using a character recognition process to determine textual content for the region of text and a text entity type for the region of text;

    determining an overlay template associated with the text entity type;

    determining functionality associated with the text entity type; and

    displaying on the display element, over a current view being captured by the camera, at least a portion of the textual content using the overlay template as an overlay element, the overlay element being rendered with respect to a location of the text recognized, the overlay element including at least one user-selectable element enabling the functionality associated with the text entity type to be performed with respect to the textual content.

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