Image networks for actuation and control of objects

• US 10,691,948 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2018
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2004
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Viewlogic Wireless LLC
• Original Assignee: Airspace Reality, Co.
• Inventors: Rao, Sunil K., Rao, Raman K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ayotunde, Ayodeji O
• Application Number:
  US16/147,795
• Time in Patent Office: 632 Days
• Field of Search: 4555561
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4038 Image mosaicing, e.g. composing plane images from plane sub-images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00 Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00153 for sharing images with a selected individual or correspondent
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3261 of multimedia information, e.g. a sound signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/14 Systems for two-way working H04N7/12, H04N7/173 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A mobile communication system based on images, enabling communication between a plurality of mobile devices and servers, wherein the images have associated additional properties in the nature of voice, audio, data and other information. The system further enabling the formation of one or more image networks wherein the images are stored, organized, connected and linked to each other by one or more methods inclusive of one to one connection between images, a hierarchical connection between images and or other methods of connection between images to facilitate efficient image based communication between mobile devices, stationary devices and servers based on the mobile device identification, mobile device specific profiles and user specific profiles. The imaged base network system further having the ability to learn and form intelligent association between objects, people and other entities; between images and the associated data relating to both animate and inanimate entities for intelligent image based communication in a network.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

acquiring at least one image by a camera on a mobile device;

defining a link between at least one image and a digital entity, wherein the digital entity provides a control interface to a physical object;

enabling a function for an actuation of the digital entity based on the at least one image; and

executing a command responsive to the function to cause the physical object to change its operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital entity further comprises of:

providing a sound in association to the at least one image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital entity further comprises of:

providing a virtual image in association to the at least one image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital entity further comprises of:

providing a video in association to the at least one image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital entity further comprises of enabling as part of the function the ability to activate one or more applications.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital entity further comprises of:

enabling the at least one image to be processed and combined with one or more forms of a separate digital data including text, voice, video, and/or audio to form a composite resultant entity.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a rendering of the composite resultant entity further comprises of a digital object entity.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the link comprises of a network between the at least one image and one or more digital objects.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing a controller to interface to control the function.