Image-related methods and arrangements

• US 8,620,021 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Rodriguez, Tony F, Knudson, Edward B
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAH, UTPAL D
• Application Number:
  US13/684,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20130260727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382/190
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly

Abstract

A user captures an image of a magazine or catalog page with a smartphone. The page is identified by extracting fingerprint or watermark data from the imagery. Other imagery depicting that page is identified, and is displayed to the user on the smartphone screen. Further imagery can also be presented on the screen. This further imagery can include other pages in the publication that are not be consecutive with the captured page, but that are logically linked with it by reference to a data structure. The user may elect to post such imagery to a social network account (e.g., Pinterest) associated with the user. The posting can include an attribution identifying the original publication. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving first imagery captured by a smartphone camera from a first printed page of a plural-page publication, in which pages in the publication include a page order, and presenting the first imagery on a screen of the smartphone;

providing the first imagery to a processor to produce scale invariant feature data therefrom;

receiving second imagery, identified through use of said scale invariant feature data, the second imagery also corresponding to said first printed page but being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera;

presenting, on the screen of the smartphone, the second imagery, the second imagery replacing the first imagery on the smartphone screen;

receiving user input via a touch screen of the smartphone;

querying a data structure to identify third imagery from the plural-page publication that depicts a further printed page of the plural-page publication that is later than the first printed page but is not immediately following the first printed page in the page order; and

as a consequence of said user input, presenting the third imagery on the smartphone screen.

2. The method of claim 1 that further includes:

receiving further user input via the smartphone touchscreen; and

presenting, on the smartphone screen, fourth imagery from the plural-page publication that depicts a still further printed page of the plural-page publication that is still later in page order than said further printed page.

3. The method of claim 1 that further includes sending a uniform resource locator to a social network service, the uniform resource locator pointing to information corresponding to the first printed page, the sending thereby prompting the social network service to post information corresponding to the first printed page to a social network service account of the user, for viewing by others.

4. The method of claim 3 in which said posted information for viewing by others includes an attribution identifying the plural-page publication.

5. The method of claim 1 in which the providing comprises providing the first imagery to a processor in the smartphone.

6. The method of claim 1 in which the second imagery depicts at least part of said printed page.

7. The method of claim 6 in which the third imagery depicts another printed page from said publication.

8. A method comprising:

receiving first imagery captured by a smartphone camera from a printed page of a magazine, in which pages in the magazine include a page order, and presenting the first imagery on a screen of the smartphone;

providing the first imagery to a processor to produce scale invariant feature data therefrom;

receiving second imagery, identified through use of said scale invariant feature data, the second imagery also corresponding to said printed page but being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera;

presenting, on the screen of the smartphone, the second imagery, the second imagery replacing the first imagery on the smartphone screen;

receiving user input via a touch screen of the smartphone; and

as a consequence of said user input, presenting one or more additional images depicting one or more additional parts of the magazine on the smartphone screen, in which at least one of the one or more additional parts of the magazine is later than the printed page but is not immediately following the printed page in the page order, the additional images being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera, said additional image(s) forming part of a scrollable slideshow of plural images, through which the user can navigate by swiping the screen of the smartphone.

9. The method of claim 8 that further includes sending a uniform resource locator to a social network service, the uniform resource locator pointing to information corresponding to the printed page, the sending thereby prompting the social network service to post information corresponding to the printed page to a social network service account of the user, for viewing by others.

10. The method of claim 9 in which said posted information for viewing by others includes an attribution identifying the magazine.

11. The method of claim 8 in which the providing comprises providing the first imagery to a processor in the smartphone.

12. A method comprising:

receiving first imagery captured by a smartphone camera from a printed page of a plural-page publication, and presenting the first imagery on a screen of the smartphone;

providing the first imagery to a processor to produce scale invariant feature data therefrom;

receiving second imagery, identified through use of said scale invariant feature data, the second imagery also corresponding to said printed page but being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera;

presenting, on the screen of the smartphone, the second imagery, the second imagery replacing the first imagery on the smartphone screen;

receiving first user input via a touch screen of the smartphone; and

as a consequence of said first user input, sending a uniform resource locator to a social network service, the uniform resource locator pointing to information corresponding to the printed page, the sending thereby prompting the social network service to post information corresponding to the printed page to a social network service account of the user, for viewing by others;

receiving second user input via the touch screen of the smartphone;

as a consequence of said second user input, initiating a process to allow the user to follow a social network service account of a party affiliated with the printed page;

receiving third user input via the touch screen of the smartphone; and

as a consequence of said third user input, initiating a process to allow the user to subscribe to the plural-page publication.

13. The method of claim 12 that further includes presenting, for user review, one or more additional images depicting one or more additional parts of the plural-page publication, the additional images being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera, in which pages in the plural-page publication include a page order, and in which at least one of the one or more additional parts of the plural-page publication is later than the printed page but is not immediately following the printed page in the page order.

14. The method of claim 12 in which the plural-page publication comprises a magazine.

15. The method of claim 14 in which said posted information for viewing by others includes an attribution identifying the magazine.

16. A method comprising:

receiving first imagery captured by a smartphone camera from a printed page of a plural-page publication, and presenting the first imagery on a screen of the smartphone;

providing the first imagery to a processor to produce image fingerprint data therefrom, the image fingerprint data being based on features that include human visible features of the first imagery;

receiving second imagery, identified through use of said image fingerprint data, the second imagery corresponding to said printed page but being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera, and receiving a markup language template, identified through use of said image fingerprint data, the markup language template defining a plurality of user input buttons, in which attribution information is included with the markup language template, the attribution information being associated with a third-party relative to a publisher of the plural-page publication;

presenting, on the screen of the smartphone, the second imagery, the second imagery replacing the first imagery on the smartphone screen;

presenting, on the screen of the smartphone, the markup language template overlaid on second imagery;

receiving user input related to the second imagery via one of the user input buttons; and

initiating a process to prompt a social network service to post information to a social network service account of a user, in which posted information corresponds to the printed page and to the attribution information.

17. The method of claim 16 that further includes querying a data structure to identify third imagery from the plural-page publication, in which pages in the plural-page publication include a page order, and in which the third imagery is associated with a page that follows the printed page but is not immediately following the printed page in the page order, and presenting the third imagery on the smartphone screen.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising an action of presenting, on the smartphone screen, one or more additional images depicting one or more additional parts of the plural-page publication, the additional images being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera.

19. The method of claim 18 in which the additional image(s) form part of a scrollable slideshow of plural images, through which the user can navigate by swiping the screen of the smartphone.

21. The method of claim 16 in which the image fingerprint data comprises scale invariant feature data.

22. The method of claim 16 in which the plural-page publication comprises a magazine.

23. The method of claim 16 in which said posted information for viewing by others includes an attribution identifying the magazine.

24. The method of claim 16 in which the providing comprises providing the first imagery to a processor in the smartphone.

25. The method of claim 16 in which the second imagery depicts at least part of said printed page.

20. The method of claim further comprising an action of sending a uniform resource locator to a destination, the uniform resource locator pointing to information corresponding to the printed page.