Patent ID: 7551782
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging an object, and using reference templates to recognize and enhance object images, during a video call, the method comprising: establishing a video call link via a communication network between a user interface unit and a computational facility; using a camera on the user interface unit to image plurality of images of the target object; transmitting the plurality of images of the target object from the user interface unit via the communication network to the computational facility; the computational facility identifying a template for a specific area of a target object to which images of the object are to be compared; computational facility comparing the plurality of images of the object to the template; the computational facility identifying an image from the comparison of the plurality images to the template; a storage facility storing the template and the identified image in a storage unit; repeating operations comprising said identifying of the template, said using of the camera, said comparing the plurality of images, said identifying the image, and said storing, to identify and store a multiplicity of templates in which each template applies to a specific area of the target object; comparing each of a multiplicity of images of the target object to the template applicable to the area of the imaged object in which the image is located; storing each compared image and corresponding template in the storage unit; and transmitting from the computational facility via the communication network to the user interface unit, instructions for actions to be taken by the user that allow transmission from the user interface unit to the computational facility additional images that improve the quality of the computational facility's recognition of the target object; wherein the foregoing operations are reiterated to enhance identification of the target object; using the camera of a wireless device to capture multiple images of each area of the target object; in which said multiple images in an area are on substantially same size scale and in which a substantial pictorial overlap among the images in an area is present; applying a technique to combine said multiple images of an area of the target object into a recognizable form; and storing results of said technique in the storage unit.