Image capture and identification system and process
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1. A system for providing on-screen content identification, comprising:
- a portable hand-held device comprising a sensor configured to acquire a digital representation of a scene including on-screen video content;
a recognition platform coupled with the sensor and configured to;
obtain the digital representation of the scene including the on-screen video content;
derive at least one characteristic of the digital representation based at least in part on a discrimination of the on-screen video content in the scene from a background of the scene;
recognize the on-screen video content as being associated with a first known target based at least in part on comparing the at least one characteristic to indexed characteristics of a plurality of known target objects; and
provide, via an address, target content information associated with the first known target on a display of the portable hand-held device.
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Abstract
A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.
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1. A system for providing on-screen content identification, comprising:
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a portable hand-held device comprising a sensor configured to acquire a digital representation of a scene including on-screen video content; a recognition platform coupled with the sensor and configured to; obtain the digital representation of the scene including the on-screen video content; derive at least one characteristic of the digital representation based at least in part on a discrimination of the on-screen video content in the scene from a background of the scene; recognize the on-screen video content as being associated with a first known target based at least in part on comparing the at least one characteristic to indexed characteristics of a plurality of known target objects; and provide, via an address, target content information associated with the first known target on a display of the portable hand-held device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53)
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51. A portable hand-held device, comprising:
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a sensor configured to acquire a digital representation of a scene including on-screen video content; and a computing platform coupled with the sensor and including an identification server configured to; obtain the digital representation of the scene including the on-screen video content; derive at least one characteristic of the digital representation based at least in part on a discrimination of the on-screen video content in the scene from a background of the scene; recognize the on-screen video content as being associated with a first known target based at least in part on comparing the at least one characteristic to indexed characteristics of a plurality of known target objects; and provide, via an address, target content information associated with the first known target on a display of the portable hand-held device. - View Dependent Claims (52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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