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Mixed media reality recognition using multiple specialized indexes

US8965145B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8965145-B2
Application numberUS-201213729458-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 28, 2012
Priority dateJul 31, 2006
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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An MMR system for searching across multiple indexes comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a pre-processing server or MMR gateway, and an MMR matching unit, and may include an MMR publisher. The MMR matching unit receives an image query from the pre-processing server or MMR gateway and sends it to one or more of the recognition units to identify a result including a document, the page and the location on the page. The MMR matching unit includes a segmenter for segmenting received images by content type, a distributor for distributing the images to corresponding content type index tables, and an integrator for integrating recognition results. The result is returned to the mobile device via the pre-processing server or MMR gateway. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including a method for processing content-type specific image queries and for processing queries across multiple indexes.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A dispatcher apparatus having: one or more processors; a segmenter stored on a memory and executable by the one or more processors, the segmenter for receiving an image query including an image and segmenting the image into one or more content-type specific queries; a distributor stored on the memory and executable by the one or more processors, the distributor coupled to the segmenter for submitting the one or more content-type specific queries to…

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What does patent US8965145B2 cover?
An MMR system for searching across multiple indexes comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a pre-processing server or MMR gateway, and an MMR matching unit, and may include an MMR publisher. The MMR matching unit receives an image query from the pre-processing server or MMR gateway and sends it to one or more of the recognition units to identify a result including a document, the page and the…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ricoh Co Ltd, Ricoh Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06V30/1916. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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