Patent ID: 9262699
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. A method to decode text in real world images, the method comprising: receiving a natural image of a scene of real world captured by a camera of a mobile device, the natural image comprising text pixels in one or more text regions and further comprising non-text pixels; detecting in the natural image, a text region comprising a first sequence of characters of a predetermined script in which a predetermined language is expressed; selecting a second sequence of characters from a predetermined set of sequences, based on the second sequence of characters matching the first sequence of characters, wherein at least one of the sequences in the predetermined set is associated with information on location of one or more modifiers; after the selecting and responsive to the second sequence being associated with the information, analyzing the natural image to determine whether at least one pixel satisfies a predetermined test associated with said information; adding a modifier to a specific character in a copy of the second sequence of characters, when the predetermined test is satisfied; and identifying said first sequence of characters detected in said text region, as a word in the predetermined language comprising the copy of said second sequence of characters with the modifier; wherein one or more of the receiving, the detecting, the selecting, the analyzing, the adding, and the identifying are performed by at least one processor coupled to a memory.