Smartphone-based methods and systems
First Claim
1. A method comprising the acts:
- accessing image data captured by a camera of a person'"'"'s device, the image data depicting plural physical objects;
transforming the image data to derive multi-bit image feature data therefrom, said transforming including applying a non-linear filtering operation to the image data;
using the derived multi-bit image feature data, in conjunction with reference data stored in a reference data structure, to identify plural physical objects depicted in said image data;
in an electronic memory device, establishing a graph data structure representing nodes connected by links, said data structure identifying relationships between the person and the plural physical objects;
from the graph data structure, discerning relative importance of one or more of said physical objects to the person; and
filtering media content directed to the person, to pass said media content for presentation to the person, based on said discerned relative importance;
wherein a first of said nodes represents a first physical object depicted in said image data; and
a link connecting to said first node indicates a “
like”
or “
owns”
relationship between the person and said first physical object.
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Abstract
Arrangements involving portable devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) are disclosed. One arrangement enables a content creator to select software with which that creator'"'"'s content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another utilizes a device camera to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising the acts:
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accessing image data captured by a camera of a person'"'"'s device, the image data depicting plural physical objects; transforming the image data to derive multi-bit image feature data therefrom, said transforming including applying a non-linear filtering operation to the image data; using the derived multi-bit image feature data, in conjunction with reference data stored in a reference data structure, to identify plural physical objects depicted in said image data; in an electronic memory device, establishing a graph data structure representing nodes connected by links, said data structure identifying relationships between the person and the plural physical objects; from the graph data structure, discerning relative importance of one or more of said physical objects to the person; and filtering media content directed to the person, to pass said media content for presentation to the person, based on said discerned relative importance; wherein a first of said nodes represents a first physical object depicted in said image data; and a link connecting to said first node indicates a “
like”
or “
owns”
relationship between the person and said first physical object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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11. A portable device including a camera, a processor, and a memory, the memory including software instructions enabling the device to perform actions including:
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accessing image data captured by a camera of a person'"'"'s device, the image data depicting plural physical objects; transforming the image data to derive multi-bit image feature data therefrom, said transforming including applying a non-linear filtering operation to the image data; using the derived multi-bit image feature data, in conjunction with reference data stored in a reference data structure, to identify plural physical objects depicted in said image data; establishing a graph data structure comprising nodes connected by links, said data structure identifying relationships between the person and the plural physical objects; from the graph data structure, discerning relative importance of one or more of said physical objects to the person; and filtering media content directed to the person, to pass said media content for presentation to the person, based on said discerned relative importance; wherein a first of said nodes represents a physical object depicted in said image data; and a link connecting to said first node indicates a “
like”
or “
owns”
relationship between the person and said first physical object.
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