METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING PARTS OF AN ELECTRONIC FILE

• US 20150178316A1
• Filed: 03/10/2015
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CEVA Technologies, Inc. (CEVA Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Hillcrest Laboratories Incorporated (CEVA Incorporated)
• Inventors: GRITTON, Charles, SIMPKINS, Daniel, MORGAN, Tom
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,731 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20104 Interactive definition of region of interest [ROI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/12 Edge-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application

Abstract

Devices, computer readable medium, and methods for selecting an object displayed on a screen and providing information about that object.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A computer readable medium for storing computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform instructions for tagging a part of an image, the instructions comprising:

providing information for displaying the image on a screen;

receiving information related to pointing a pointing device to the part of the image;

generating a border around the part of the image, the border corresponding to a movement of the pointing device around the part of the image;

generating a predefined enclosure, electronically linked to the border, which is configured to accept text input from a user; and

storing border information and predefined enclosure information together with the part of the image such that the part of the image may be analyzed independently of the image.

17. The medium of claim 16, further comprising:

generating plural borders and predefined enclosures in response to selections of plural parts of the image.

18. The medium of claim 16, wherein the predefined enclosure information does not include pixels corresponding to the selected part of the image.

19. The medium of claim 16, wherein the receiving step comprises:

receiving a position of at least one pixel of the part of the image that was pointed by the pointing device.

20. The medium of claim 16, wherein the receiving step comprises:

receiving information about a complete circling of the part of the image.

21. The medium of claim 16, wherein the generating a border comprises:

generating the border completely around the part of the image.

22. A method for identifying a part of an image in a plurality of pictures, the method comprising:

providing information for displaying the image on a screen;

receiving information related to pointing a pointing device to the part of the image;

generating a border around the part of the image, the border corresponding to a movement of the pointing device around the part of the image;

extracting pattern recognition information regarding the part of the image; and

storing the pattern recognition information together with the part of the image such that the part of the image may be identified searched for in other pictures.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

generating plural borders in response to selections of plural parts of the image and acquiring corresponding pattern recognition information for each selected plural part.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of receiving comprises:

receiving a position of at least one pixel of the part of the image that was pointed by the pointing device.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of receiving comprises:

receiving information about a complete circling of the part of the image.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the step of generating a border comprises:

generating the border completely around the part of the image.

27. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

analyzing the part of the image and another picture to determine whether the selected part of the image is also part of the another picture.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

using a pattern recognition software to identify the selected part of the image in the another picture.

29. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

generating a predefined enclosure, electronically linked to the border, which is configured to accept text input from a user.

30. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

identifying all pictures from a plurality of pictures that have in common the selected part of picture.

31. A device for identifying a part of an image in a plurality of pictures, the device comprising:

an output configured to provide information for displaying the image on a screen;

an input configured to receive information related to pointing a pointing device to the part of the image;

a processor connected to the input and the output and configured to, generate a border around the part of the image, the border corresponding

to a movement of the pointing device around the part of the image, and extract pattern recognition information regarding the part of the image; and

a memory connected to the processor and configured to store the pattern recognition information together with the part of the image such that the part of the image may be identified searched for in other pictures.

32. The device of claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to generate plural borders in response to selections of plural parts of the image and acquiring corresponding pattern recognition information for each selected plural part.

33. The device of claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a position of at least one pixel of the part of the image that was pointed by the pointing device.

34. The device of claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to receive information about a complete circling of the part of the image.

35. The device of claim 34, wherein the processor is further configured to generate the border completely around the part of the image.

36. The device of claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to analyze the part of the image and another picture to determine whether the selected part of the image is also part of the another picture.

37. The device of claim 36, wherein the processor is further configured to use a pattern recognition software to identify the selected part of the image in the another picture.

38. The device of claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a predefined enclosure, electronically linked to the border, which is configured to accept text input from a user.

39. The device of claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to identify all pictures from a plurality of pictures that have in common the selected part of picture.

40. The device of claim 31, wherein the input receives information from a pointing device and the output sends information to the screen.

41-93. -93. (canceled)