Systems and methods for identifying objects and providing information related to identified objects

• US 9,454,295 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2014
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Rosenblatt, Michael Nathaniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Johns, Andrew W
• Application Number:
  US14/330,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/462 Salient features, e.g. scale invariant feature transforms [SIFT]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

Systems and methods for identifying an object and presenting additional information about the identified object are provided. The techniques of the present invention can allow the user to specify modes to help with identifying objects. Furthermore, the additional information can be provided with different levels of detail depending on user selection. Apparatus for presenting a user with a log of the identified objects is also provided. The user can customize the log by, for example, creating a multi-media album.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

an input component;

a display; and

a processor operative to;

access a log of a plurality of identified objects, wherein each identified object of the plurality of objects was previously identified using a particular mode of a plurality of modes of an identifier;

receive via the input component user selection of an option associated with at least one mode of the plurality of modes; and

in response to the received user selection, sort the log of the plurality of identified objects based on the at least one mode.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the identifier is the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further operative to provide at least a portion of the sorted log on the display.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is further operative to:

receive via the input component user selection of an identified object from the provided at least a portion of the sorted log;

access information related to the selected object; and

provide at least a portion of the accessed information on the display.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

at least a first object of the plurality of objects was identified by the identifier using a first mode of the plurality of modes; and

at least a second object of the plurality of objects was identified by the identifier using a second mode of the plurality of modes.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein:

the selected option associated is associated with the first mode; and

the processor is operative to sort the log by positioning the at least the first object ahead of the at least the second object in the log.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is operative to sort the log by creating a multi-media album that comprises each identified object that was identified using the at least one mode.

8. A method for finding data related to a plurality of objects on an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the electronic device, an instruction to provide a log of a sub-plurality of objects of the plurality of objects, wherein each object of the sub-plurality of objects was previously identified by an identifier using a particular mode of a plurality of modes of the identifier; and

in response to the receiving, providing, at the electronic device, data indicative of the log of the sub-plurality of objects to a user of the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the instruction from the user of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, at the electronic device, a selection of at least one object of the provided sub-plurality of objects; and

in response to the receiving the selection, accessing, with the electronic device, information associated with the at least one object.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising, in response to the accessing, providing, at the electronic device, at least a portion of the accessed information to the user of the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the provided data comprises at least one user-selectable option to perform at least one of:

deleting at least a first object from the log of the sub-plurality of objects;

archiving at least the first object from the log of the sub-plurality of objects prior to the deleting; and

creating a multi-media album of the sub-plurality of objects.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the provided data comprises a displayed listing of the sub-plurality of objects.

14. A system comprising:

an input component

a display; and

a controller operative to;

identify a first subset of a plurality of objects using a first mode of the system;

identify a second subset of the plurality of objects using a second mode of the system;

receive via the input component a user selection of the first mode; and

in response to the received user selection, direct the display to display a identification information associated with at least a portion of the first subset of the plurality of objects.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the identification information comprises the first subset sorted with respect to the second subset.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the controller is further operative to:

receive via the input component a user selection of a particular object from the displayed identification information; and

direct the display to display additional information associated with the particular object.