Methods and Systems for User-Association of Visual Stimuli with Corresponding Responses

• US 20090125475A1
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Rhoads, Geoffrey B., Rodriguez, Tony F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,497,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/60
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0021 Image watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/70 Multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from different biometric modalities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00355 Mark-sheet input sensing record carriers G06K7/00; character recognition G06V30/10; document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00358 Type of the scanned marks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00374 on the same page as at least a part of the image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00968 by scanning marks on a sheet mark-sheet input means H04N1/00355; sensing record carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32144 embedded in the image data, i.e. enclosed or integrated in the image, e.g. watermark, super-imposed logo or stamp
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Methods and systems permit a user to decide what different responses are triggered when different visual stimuli are presented to the user'"'"'s wireless communications device.

Claims

1. A method by which an end-user customizes behavior of a camera-equipped wireless communications device associated with that user, the customizing defining different user-desired behaviors that are associated with different visual stimuli, so that different behaviors are triggered when the user later presents different visual stimuli to the wireless communications device, the method comprising the acts:

using the camera associated with the wireless communications device, capturing a first image frame from a physical subject presented to the device, the physical subject being devoid of any visible machine-readable code;

processing image information corresponding to the first image frame to derive first identifying data therefrom;

storing, within a data structure, the derived first identifying data;

assigning a behavior to be associated with the physical subject, and storing data relating to said behavior within said data structure in association with the first identifying data;

at a later time, using the camera associated with the wireless communications device, capturing a second image frame from a physical subject presented to the device;

processing image information corresponding to the second image frame to derive second identifying data therefrom;

checking the data structure for stored first identifying data corresponding to the second identifying data;

identifying a behavior associated with the corresponding first identifying data;

initiating said behavior; and

presenting an output from said behavior to a user of said device;

wherein the user decides what different responses are provided to the user when different visual stimuli are presented to the wireless communications device.

2. The method of claim 1 in which each of the processing acts comprises applying a hashing algorithm.

3. The method of claim 1 in which each of the processing acts comprises applying a digital watermark decoding algorithm.

4. The method of claim 1 in which each of the processing acts comprises processing image information within said wireless communications device to derive the identifying data therefrom.

5. The method of claim 1 in which the storing act comprises storing within a data structure within said wireless communications device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first physical subject comprises at least a part of a human.

7. A wireless telephone device comprising:

hardware including a camera, a memory, and a screen;

software stored in the memory;

the hardware and the software providing telephone functionality, the software also causing the device to present a user interface on the screen, the user interface presenting on a first part of the screen an image of a physical object captured by the camera and stored in the memory, and presenting on a second part of the screen an image depicting a behavior selected by a user of the device to correspond to that physical object;

wherein the user can review a user-defined association between a physical object and a corresponding behavior on the screen of the wireless telephone device.

8. The wireless telephone device of claim 7 wherein the user interface presents plural images of physical objects, and images depicting corresponding behaviors.

9. The wireless telephone device of claim 8 wherein at least one of said behaviors comprises placing a phone call using said telephone functionality.

10. The wireless telephone device of claim 7 wherein the image of the physical object stored in the memory is devoid of any visible machine-readable code.