Data capture and identification system and process
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1. A mobile device image search system, comprising:
- a database creation engine coupled with a memory storing a database, the database creation engine configured to;
obtain a first image;
obtain a first item of content information associated with the first image;
determine at least first and second image characteristics from the first image;
link the at least first and second image characteristics to the first item of content information;
populate the database with the at least first and second image characteristics as linked to the first item of content information, wherein the first item of content information is stored in the database as a first target object associated with an address; and
an image processing platform coupled with the memory and configured to;
acquire a second image via the sensor of a mobile device;
determine a plurality of image characteristics from the second image;
recognize the second image as associated with the first target object based at least in part on a search of the database using the plurality of image characteristics;
obtain the address associated with the first target object; and
present the first item of content information on a display of the mobile device based on the address.
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Abstract
An identification method and process for objects from digitally captured images thereof that uses data characteristics to identify an object from a plurality of objects in a database. The data is broken down into parameters such as a Shape Comparison, Grayscale Comparison, Wavelet Comparison, and Color Cube Comparison with object data in one or more databases to identify the actual object of a digital image.
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1. A mobile device image search system, comprising:
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a database creation engine coupled with a memory storing a database, the database creation engine configured to; obtain a first image; obtain a first item of content information associated with the first image; determine at least first and second image characteristics from the first image; link the at least first and second image characteristics to the first item of content information; populate the database with the at least first and second image characteristics as linked to the first item of content information, wherein the first item of content information is stored in the database as a first target object associated with an address; and an image processing platform coupled with the memory and configured to; acquire a second image via the sensor of a mobile device; determine a plurality of image characteristics from the second image; recognize the second image as associated with the first target object based at least in part on a search of the database using the plurality of image characteristics; obtain the address associated with the first target object; and present the first item of content information on a display of the mobile device based on the address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing digital content to a user of a mobile device, comprising:
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obtaining, via the mobile device, image data representative of a scene; deriving or extracting, via the mobile device, a first image characteristic from the image data; searching, via the mobile device, a database storing a plurality of image characteristics associated with a plurality of digital content target objects, wherein the plurality of image characteristics includes the first image characteristic and wherein the first image characteristic is associated with a first digital content target object; recognizing the image data as being associated with the first digital content target object based on the step of searching; obtaining an address associated with the first digital content target object; and presenting, via the address and on a display of the mobile device, the first digital content target object. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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24. The method of 21, wherein the image data is representative of a scene including a first object, and wherein the first image characteristic is determined based at least in part on a position of the first object.
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25. The method of 21, wherein the image data is representative of a scene including a first object, and wherein the first image characteristic is determined based at least in part on a location of the first object.
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36. A method of providing digital content to a user via a mobile device, comprising:
configuring the mobile device to store computer-readable instructions operative to cause a processor of the mobile device to execute the steps of; obtaining image data representative of a scene; deriving or extracting at least a first image characteristic from the image data; searching, using the at least the first image characteristic, a database storing a plurality of image characteristics associated with a plurality of digital content target objects; recognizing that the at least the first image characteristic is a match to at least one of the plurality of image characteristics associated with the plurality of digital content target objects; obtaining an address associated with a first digital content target object of the plurality of digital content target objects based on the step of recognizing; and presenting, on a display of the mobile device, the first digital content target object via the address. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An information retrieval system, comprising:
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a content linking server coupled to a database and a recognition platform, the content linking server configured to; obtain at least a first and second image parameter from a first user; obtain a first item of content information associated with the at least first and second image parameters; and enable a link of the at least first and second image parameters to the first item of content information, wherein the first item of content information is associated with a first target object; and wherein the recognition platform is configured to; obtain digital data from a mobile device; determine a plurality of image parameters from the digital data; recognize the digital data as associated with the first target object based at least in part on a search of the database using the plurality of image parameters; obtain the address associated with the first target object; and present the first item of content information on a display of the mobile device via the address. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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