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Synchronizing playback of digital content with captured physical content

  • US 9,317,486 B1
  • Filed: 06/07/2013
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for synchronizing output of an audio book with a corresponding physical book, the device comprising:

  • an image capture device configured to capture an image of a section of a physical book;

    a processor configured to;

    adjust an alignment of text in the image;

    determine a boundary that encloses a word of the text in the image;

    identify a portion of the image within the boundary; and

    apply an emphasis to the portion of the image;

    a display device configured to display the image;

    an audio output device configured to output an audio book corresponding to the physical book; and

    a data store configured to store synchronization information for associating the word with a corresponding portion of the audio book,wherein the processor is in communication with the image capture device, the display device, the audio output device, and the data store, and wherein the processor is further configured to;

    cause the display device to display the image, including the portion to which the emphasis has been applied, as the corresponding portion of the audio book is being audibly output by the audio output device, based at least in part on the synchronization information.

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