Image capture and identification system and process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9613284-B2
Application number	US-201414558643-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	Nov 6, 2000
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile point-of-sales terminal device comprising:
a mobile device sensor configured to acquire digital image information associated with a product object; and
a transaction platform coupled with the mobile device sensor and configured to:
obtain the digital image information from the mobile device sensor;
recognize the product object as a target purchasable item from the digital image information;
derive attributes of the target purchasable item from the digital image information; and
initiate a transaction via an address and over a network, the transaction being related to the target purchasable item and based at least in part on recognizing the product object and deriving the attributes.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a cellular telephone that includes the transaction platform and couples with the mobile device sensor.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the cellular telephone further comprises the mobile device sensor.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device sensor comprises an optical capture device.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device sensor comprises a camera.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the digital image information comprises image data.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the image data comprises at least one of the following: a single image, a series of images, and video data.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the target purchasable item represents a ticket.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the target purchasable item represents at least one of the following: a sporting event ticket and a movie ticket.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the target purchasable item comprises an item in a store.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the target purchasable item comprises an automobile.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the attributes include at least one of the following: a name, a number, a classification, a position, an identity, an orientation, a size, a color, a status, decoded information from a symbol, a product feature, and a price.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the attributes include at least the decoded information from the symbol, and wherein the decoded information from the symbol includes information from at least one of the following: a bar code, a matrix code, a 2D code, and an alphanumeric.

14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the attributes include a location.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the location comprises at least one of the following: a user location, a store location, a device location, a GPS location, and a location of the product object.

16. The device of claim 1 , wherein the attributes include a time.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the time is a time when the digital image information was obtained.

18. The device of claim 1 , wherein the product object lacks a tag represented in the digital image information.

19. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transaction platform is further configured to recognize the product object as the target purchasable item via a database of known target objects.

20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the transaction platform is further configured to query the database of known target objects based on salient parameters derived from the digital image information.

21. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transaction comprises an on-line purchase.

22. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transaction comprises an interaction with a bank account.

23. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transaction comprises an interaction with a user account.

24. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transaction comprises an interaction with an account linked to the terminal device.

25. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transaction comprises an interaction with a credit card account.

26. The device of claim 1 , wherein the address comprises at least one of the following: a phone number, an Internet address, a URL, and a URI.

27. The device of claim 1 , wherein the network comprises at least one of the following: a wireless network, a cellular network, and the Internet.

Assignees

• Nant Holdings Ip Llc

Inventors

• Boncyk Wayne C
• Cohen Ronald H

Classifications

• G06Q30/0277 Primary

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• A61F9/08

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• G06F2218/12

  Classification; Matching · CPC title

• H04N23/64

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N23/60

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