Hardware management based on image recognition
First Claim
1. A device exhibiting a common interface interacting with a plurality of proprietary user interfaces, each said proprietary user interface providing interaction with a specialized hardware device, said device comprising:
- a camera with means for recording an image of said proprietary user interface;
optical character recognition means for extracting text from said image;
sensing means for extracting locations comprising actionable objects within said image;
exhibiting means exhibiting actionable data resulting from said optical character recognition means and said sensing means in said common user interface.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed technology allow for the control, monitoring, and/or configuration of specialized hardware devices with proprietary interfaces from a central interface capable of interacting with one or a plurality of specialized hardware devices via respective proprietary interfaces. Such embodiments are especially useful in controlling medical equipment, such as radiology equipment at a central and/or remote location, where otherwise, only a proprietary interface at a proximate location could be used to do same.
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1. A device exhibiting a common interface interacting with a plurality of proprietary user interfaces, each said proprietary user interface providing interaction with a specialized hardware device, said device comprising:
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a camera with means for recording an image of said proprietary user interface; optical character recognition means for extracting text from said image; sensing means for extracting locations comprising actionable objects within said image; exhibiting means exhibiting actionable data resulting from said optical character recognition means and said sensing means in said common user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for manipulating a specialized hardware device comprising:
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receiving an image of a proprietary user interface of said specialized hardware device; using optical character recognition to extract text from said image; extracting locations comprising actionable objects exhibited in said image and connecting said actionable objects with said text; and creating a common interface based on said text and said actionable objects for manipulating said specialized hardware device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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