Gesture-based Text Identification and Selection in Images
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- acquiring an image of text;
performing an identification function by a processor on the image of text;
displaying a representation of at least a portion of the acquired image of text on a touch-sensitive screen;
detecting a finger tapping gesture on the touch-sensitive screen on or adjacent a location of a portion of text of the image of text;
identifying characters based at least in part on the detected finger tapping gesture; and
performing a further processing based at least in part on the identified characters.
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Abstract
A device with a touch-sensitive screen supports tapping gestures for identifying, selecting or working with initially unrecognized text. A single tap gesture can cause a portion of a character string to be selected. A double tap gesture can cause the entire character string to be selected. A tap and hold gesture can cause the device to enter a cursor mode wherein a placement of a cursor relative to the characters in a character string can be adjusted. In a text selection mode, a finger can be used to move the cursor from a cursor start position to a cursor end position and to select text between the positions. Selected or identified text can populate fields, control the device, etc. Recognition of text can be performed upon access of an image or upon the device detecting a tapping gesture in association with display of the image on the screen.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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acquiring an image of text; performing an identification function by a processor on the image of text; displaying a representation of at least a portion of the acquired image of text on a touch-sensitive screen; detecting a finger tapping gesture on the touch-sensitive screen on or adjacent a location of a portion of text of the image of text; identifying characters based at least in part on the detected finger tapping gesture; and performing a further processing based at least in part on the identified characters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A device for facilitating identification of characters based upon a gesture to a touch sensitive display, the device comprising:
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a processor; the touch sensitive display coupled to the processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is capable of storing instructions which when executed cause the device to perform a method, the instructions comprising; acquiring an image that includes an unrecognized character string; performing by the processor a recognition function on the image that includes the unrecognized character string; displaying a representation of said image that includes the unrecognized character string on the touch sensitive display; detecting a tapping gesture adjacent or on a region of the representation of said image on or near a region that includes said character string; selecting characters of said character string based on said tapping gesture; and performing a further processing based on the selected characters of said character string. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method for interacting with text in an image, comprising:
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accessing an image; determining whether said image includes unrecognized text; when said image includes unrecognized text, performing by the processing system an identification function on at least some of the unrecognized text of the image; displaying a representation of at least a portion of the image on a touch-enabled portion of said processing system; detecting a touch gesture on said touch-enabled portion of said processing system; identifying a portion of text based at least in part on the touch gesture; and performing by the processing system a further processing of the identified portion of text in response to the touch gesture. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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