AUXILIARY OBSERVING METHOD AND AUXILIARY OBSERVING APPARATUS

• US 20160078315A1
• Filed: 01/22/2014
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: HUANG, Weicai
• Granted Patent: US 10,198,664 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/75 Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video features; Coarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approaches; using context analysis; Selection of dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/248 involving plural approaches, e.g. verification by template match; Resolving confusion among similar patterns, e.g. "O" versus "Q" G06V30/242 takes precedence

Abstract

The present application discloses an auxiliary observation method and an auxiliary observation apparatus, and relates to the field of multimedia information processing technologies. The method comprises the following steps: determining at least one comparison object according to a feature of an observation target; and determining a part of or all differences between the observation target and the at least one comparison object. The method and the apparatus in embodiments of the present application can prevent a case in which important information is overlooked or redundant unimportant information is highlighted, and also improve efficiency of observing information, in particular important information.

Claims

1. An auxiliary observation method, wherein the method comprises:

determining at least one comparison object according to a feature of an observation target; and

determining a part of or all differences between the observation target and the at least one comparison object.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the feature comprises at least one of the following:

a context, metadata, a visual feature, semantic, and a circumstance of selected content.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the comparison object comprises a non-current-moment image of the observation target.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining at least one comparison object according to a feature of an observation target comprises:

determining the at least one comparison object according to a similarity to the feature of the observation target.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining a part of or all differences between the observation target and the at least one comparison object comprises:

finding a difference between the observation target and the at least one comparison object; and

reminding a user of the difference.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the finding a difference between the observation target and the at least one comparison object comprises:

capturing the region of interest of the user in the observation target; and

finding a difference in the region of interest.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the finding a difference between the observation target and the at least one comparison object comprises:

extracting selected content from the observation target; and

analyzing a difference between the selected content and corresponding content in the comparison object.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the selected content comprises at least one of a word, a number, a special symbol, and an image.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the reminding a user of the difference comprises:

reminding the user in at least one of the following manners;

a visual reminder, a sound reminder, a touch reminder, and a vibration reminder.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein the reminding a user of the difference comprises:

reminding the user by superimposing a visual symbol on the observation target.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the part of or all differences comprises a difference on at least one of content, semantic, and a visual feature.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

storing an image of the observation target.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining at least one candidate comparison object.

14. An auxiliary observation apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a comparison object determining module, configured to determine at least one comparison object according to a feature of an observation target; and

an auxiliary observation module, configured to determine a part of or all differences between the observation target and the at least one comparison object.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the feature comprises at least one of the following:

a context, metadata, a visual feature, semantic, and a circumstance of selected content.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the comparison object determined by the comparison object determining module comprises a non-current-moment image of the observation target.

17. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the comparison object determining module determines the at least one comparison object according to a similarity to the feature of the observation target.

18. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the auxiliary observation module comprises:

a difference search unit, configured to find a difference between the observation target and the at least one comparison object; and

a reminding unit, configured to remind a user of the difference.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the difference search unit comprises:

a capturing subunit, configured to capture the region of interest of the user in the observation target; and

a difference search subunit, configured to find a difference in the region of interest.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the difference search unit comprises:

a content extracting subunit, configured to extract selected content from the observation target; and

the difference search subunit is further configured to find a difference between the selected content and corresponding content in the comparison object.

21. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the reminding unit reminds the user in at least one of the following manners:

a visual reminder, a sound reminder, a touch reminder, and a vibration reminder.

22. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the reminding unit reminds the user by superimposing a visual symbol on the observation target.

23. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a storage module, configured to store an image of the observation target.

24. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a comparison object obtaining module, configured to obtain at least one candidate comparison object.

25. A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium comprises executable instructions for:

determining at least one comparison object according to a feature of an observation target; and

determining a part of or all differences between the observation target and the at least one comparison object.

26. An auxiliary observation apparatus, comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory, wherein the memory stores computer-executable instructions configured to perform the following steps, when executed by the CPU:

determining at least one comparison object according to a feature of an observation target; and

determining a part of or all differences between the observation target and the at least one comparison object.