Processing container images and identifiers using optical character recognition and geolocation
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a handheld device having a camera and a telecommunications interface and an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing an identifier of the object;
a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image;
a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the handheld device over one of a telecommunications network protocol and an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and
a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within a site, wherein the GPS location information is derived by a known area input of the location of the handheld device to locate the object being imaged.
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Abstract
Embodiments include a system configured to process location information for objects in a site comprising an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing a unique identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within the site.
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13 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a handheld device having a camera and a telecommunications interface and an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing an identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the handheld device over one of a telecommunications network protocol and an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within a site, wherein the GPS location information is derived by a known area input of the location of the handheld device to locate the object being imaged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving an image captured by an image capture device of an object within a defined site, the image containing a unique identifier of the object; determining a geographical location of the object within the site; embedding the location of the object with the image of the object to create a tagged image; and transmitting the embedded location to a server hosted on the Internet to be processed for identification and location for storage of the location information of the object or transmission of the location information to a terminal operating system, wherein the GPS location information is derived by a known area input of the location of the handheld device to locate the object being imaged. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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