Intuitive computing methods and systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8977293-B2
Application number	US-201414508681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2014
Priority date	Oct 28, 2009
Publication date	Mar 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

A smart phone senses audio and/or imagery from a surrounding environment, and acts to provide graphical user interfaces and toggling discovery modes. In one arrangement, a smart phone comprises: a wireless communications interface; a touch screen display; a camera for capturing imagery; a microphone for capturing audio; a physical discovery button for initiating a discovery mode, in which the discovery mode includes processing smart phone sensor-captured imagery or sensor-captured audio to obtain identification of an object depicted in sensor-captured imagery or of captured audio, the identification obtained through the wireless communications interface; one or more processors; and memory storing software instructions for configuring said one or more processors for: responsive to a request received via the physical discovery button, initiating a discovery mode including processing imagery captured with said camera; causing a sensor pane to be displayed on the touch screen display, in which captured imagery is displayed along with augmented reality graphics within the sensor pane, and causing user-selectable graphic icons to be displayed within a first area of the touch screen display; highlighting an object represented in captured imagery that is displayed within the sensor pane; and causing a user-selectable graphic icon to be displayed on the touch screen display to facilitate switching discovery modes from image to audio. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

First claim

We claim:

1. A smart phone comprising:
a wireless communications interface;
a touch screen display;
a camera for capturing imagery;
a microphone for capturing audio;
a physical discovery button for initiating a discovery mode, in which the discovery mode includes processing smart phone camera-captured imagery or microphone-captured audio to obtain identification of an object depicted in camera-captured imagery or to obtain identification of microphone-captured audio, an id…

Assignees

• Digimarc Corp

Inventors

• Rodriguez Tony F
• Rhoads Geoffrey B

Classifications

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/724

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• H04N23/80

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• G06F18/24

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N23/667

  Electricity · mapped topic