Providing vehicle owner's manual information using object recognition in a mobile device
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1. A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions for use by a camera-enabled mobile device, wherein, upon execution by the mobile device, the program instructions stored on the computer readable medium cause the mobile device to carry out the steps of;
receiving a first digital image of a portion of a vehicle, wherein the portion of the vehicle is in a stationary state at a time the first digital image is received;
identifying a primary object of the vehicle in the first digital image;
associating the primary object with at least one reference object image previously stored in an object library comprising a plurality of reference object images;
displaying owner'"'"'s manual information based on the association;
in response to associating the primary object with the at least one reference object image, adding at least a portion of the first digital image to the object library by storing the at least a portion of the first digital image in the object library as one of the plurality of reference object images, wherein the at least a portion includes the identified primary object; and
thereafter, receiving a second digital image and repeating the identifying, associating, and displaying steps with respect to the second digital image,wherein repeating the associating step includes;
parsing a plurality of reference object images in the object library to associate at least one of the plurality of reference object images with a primary object in the second digital image, wherein the parsed plurality of reference object images includes the added at least a portion of the first digital image; and
using one or more of the plurality of reference object images as a basis for displaying owner'"'"'s manual information associated with the second digital image, wherein the used one or more of the plurality of reference object images includes the added at least a portion of the first digital image.
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Abstract
There is provided a communication system that includes a vehicle and a mobile device, and a method uses that system to provide vehicle owner'"'"'s manual information. The method includes the steps of: receiving a digital image of a portion of a vehicle; identifying an object of the vehicle in the digital image; associating the object with at least one reference object image stored in an object library comprising a plurality of reference object images; displaying owner'"'"'s manual information based on the association; and storing at least a portion of the digital image in the object library as a new reference object image for future identifications.
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1. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions for use by a camera-enabled mobile device, wherein, upon execution by the mobile device, the program instructions stored on the computer readable medium cause the mobile device to carry out the steps of; receiving a first digital image of a portion of a vehicle, wherein the portion of the vehicle is in a stationary state at a time the first digital image is received; identifying a primary object of the vehicle in the first digital image; associating the primary object with at least one reference object image previously stored in an object library comprising a plurality of reference object images; displaying owner'"'"'s manual information based on the association; in response to associating the primary object with the at least one reference object image, adding at least a portion of the first digital image to the object library by storing the at least a portion of the first digital image in the object library as one of the plurality of reference object images, wherein the at least a portion includes the identified primary object; and thereafter, receiving a second digital image and repeating the identifying, associating, and displaying steps with respect to the second digital image, wherein repeating the associating step includes; parsing a plurality of reference object images in the object library to associate at least one of the plurality of reference object images with a primary object in the second digital image, wherein the parsed plurality of reference object images includes the added at least a portion of the first digital image; and using one or more of the plurality of reference object images as a basis for displaying owner'"'"'s manual information associated with the second digital image, wherein the used one or more of the plurality of reference object images includes the added at least a portion of the first digital image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions for use by a camera-enabled mobile device, wherein, upon execution by the mobile device, the program instructions stored on the computer readable medium cause the mobile device to carry out the steps of; receiving a digital scan containing at least one vehicle object; receiving speech audio containing one or more words associated with vehicle object(s); processing the received speech audio using an automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine in the mobile device; identifying the at least one vehicle object based on the digital scan and based on the one or more words of the processed speech audio, wherein the identifying step further comprises associating the at least one vehicle object with at least one reference object image stored in an object library of the mobile device that comprises a plurality of reference object images; and in response to the identification, displaying owner'"'"'s manual information via a display of the mobile device, wherein the owner'"'"'s manual information is associated with the at least one vehicle object while displaying the at least one vehicle object in the digital scan, wherein, when the received and processed speech audio includes a query associated with the digital scan, the displaying step includes displaying refined owner'"'"'s manual information that is pertinent to the query. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing vehicle owner'"'"'s manual information, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first digital image of a portion of a vehicle, wherein the portion of the vehicle is in a stationary state at a time the first digital image is received; identifying an object of the vehicle in the first digital image; associating the object with at least one reference object image previously stored in an object library comprising a plurality of reference object images; displaying owner'"'"'s manual information based on the association; in response to associating the object with the at least one reference object image, adding at least a portion of the first digital image to the object library by storing the at least a portion of the first digital image in the object library as one of the plurality of reference object images, wherein the at least a portion includes the identified object; and thereafter, receiving a second digital image and repeating the identifying, associating, and displaying steps with respect to the second digital image, wherein repeating the associating step includes; parsing a plurality of reference object images in the object library to associate at least one of the plurality of reference object images with an object in the second digital image, wherein the parsed plurality of reference object images includes the added at least a portion of the first digital image; and using one or more of the plurality of reference object images as a basis for displaying owner'"'"'s manual information associated with the second digital image, wherein the used one or more of the plurality of reference object images includes the added at least a portion of the first digital image.
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