Object information derived from object images
First Claim
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1. A method implemented by a computing device, comprising:
- obtaining, via a mobile device, an image including a representation of at least a portion of a building;
receiving positioning information from the mobile device;
deriving at least one search term based at least in part on the image and positioning information;
querying a database using the at least one search term, the database indexing a proprietary collection of data associated with a plurality of target objects including a first target object;
recognizing the building as the first target object based at least in part on querying the database using the at least one search term; and
presenting, via an information address, content information corresponding to the first target object.
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Abstract
Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image.
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57 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a computing device, comprising:
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obtaining, via a mobile device, an image including a representation of at least a portion of a building; receiving positioning information from the mobile device; deriving at least one search term based at least in part on the image and positioning information; querying a database using the at least one search term, the database indexing a proprietary collection of data associated with a plurality of target objects including a first target object; recognizing the building as the first target object based at least in part on querying the database using the at least one search term; and presenting, via an information address, content information corresponding to the first target object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for presenting information related to target objects, wherein the apparatus comprises:
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a communication device; and a processing device communicatively coupled to the communication device, wherein the processing device is configured to; obtain, via the mobile device, an image including a representation of at least a portion of a building; receive positioning information from the mobile device; derive at least one search term based at least in part on the image and positioning information; query a database using the at least one search term, the database indexing a proprietary collection of data associated with a plurality of target objects including a first target object; and recognize the building as the first target object based at least in part on querying the database using the at least one search term; present, via an information address, content information corresponding to the first target object. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer program product for presenting information related to target objects, the computer product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
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obtaining, via a mobile device, an image including a representation of at least a portion of a building; receiving positioning information from the mobile device; deriving at least one search term based at least in part on the image and positioning information; querying a database using the at least one search term, the database indexing a proprietary collection of data associated with a plurality of target objects including a first target object; recognizing the building as the first target object based at least in part on querying the database; and presenting, via an information address, content information corresponding to the first target object. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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