Patent ID: 9672436
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06Q,H04N

Claim:
1. A computing device, comprising: at least one processor; a camera configured to capture image data over a field of view; a display screen; and memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to: capture the image data using the camera, the image data including a representation of an object of interest; receive, from a user of the computing device, a selection of a category in which to search for items related to the object of interest; display a graphical outline in response to the selection of the category, corresponding to a type of item in the category, on the display screen overlying an image generated using the image data, the graphical outline indicating a target relative orientation of the object of interest to the computing device; display a swatch guide on the display screen, the swatch guide positioned within an interior of the graphical outline and indicating a region of the field of view of the camera in which to position a portion of the object of interest, the portion including swatch data representing at least one of a texture, color, or pattern for which the user wants to search; cause a query to be executed against a data source, the query including information for the category and the swatch data; receive, in response to the query, result information for a set of items, the set of items determined by comparing the swatch data to stored swatch data for a plurality of items related to the category; and display, on the display screen, information for at least a subset of the set of items.