TEXT RECOGNITION DRIVEN FUNCTIONALITY
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,obtaining image information captured by a camera of a portable computing device;
processing the image information to locate at least one region of the image having properties of a text string;
analyzing the at least one region using an optical character recognition algorithm to recognize text in the at least one region;
identifying a text pattern corresponding to the recognized text;
determining an application associated with the text pattern; and
automatically providing the recognized text to the application.
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Abstract
Various approaches for providing textual information to an application, system, or service are disclosed. In particular, various embodiments enable a user to capture an image with a camera of a portable computing device. The computing device is capable of taking the image and processing it to recognize, identify, and/or isolate the text in order to forward the text to an application or function. The application or function can then utilize the text to perform an action in substantially real-time. The text may include an email, phone number, URL, an address, and the like and the application or function may be dialing the phone number, navigating to the URL, opening an address book to save contact information, displaying a map to show the address, and so on.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, obtaining image information captured by a camera of a portable computing device; processing the image information to locate at least one region of the image having properties of a text string; analyzing the at least one region using an optical character recognition algorithm to recognize text in the at least one region; identifying a text pattern corresponding to the recognized text; determining an application associated with the text pattern; and automatically providing the recognized text to the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, identifying image information associated with text in an image; determining a type of text from the image information associated with text; determining at least one function associated with the type of text; and enabling a computing device to perform the at least one function using the text. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, recognizing a string of characters from a digital image captured by a camera of a portable computing device; identifying a character pattern from the string of characters; and determining an application associated with the character pattern; and providing the character pattern to the application. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A portable computing device, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; identify text in an image; identify a text pattern from the identified text; determine at least one function associated with the text pattern; and perform the at least one function associated with the text pattern. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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identify text in an image; identify a text pattern from the identified text; determine at least one function associated with the text pattern; and perform the at least one function using the text pattern. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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