Patent ID: 9691000
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, from a computing device, image data, the image data representing an object at a first time; receiving contextual data corresponding to the object; determining, based at least on the contextual data, an orientation of the computing device relative to the object at approximately the first time; determining a first viewing angle of the object; providing a notification to change the orientation of the computing device to correspond with the first viewing angle of the object; selecting, from a set of reference images of a plurality of objects, a subset of reference images, the subset of reference images having corresponding viewing angles and corresponding reference image data; comparing the image data to the reference image data; identifying matching image data, from the reference image data, the matching image data representing an item matching the object; and providing information about the item.