Patent ID: 9019568
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic-device-implemented method for extracting information from a document, comprising: providing instructions to a user to acquire a first image of a target location on the document using an imaging device, which is integrated into the electronic device, when the imaging device is in a first orientation, and to acquire a second image of the target location using the imaging device when the imaging device is in a second orientation; after a first instance in which the user activates an image-activation mechanism, which is associated with the imaging device, and captures the first image, and before a second instance in which the user activates the image-activation mechanism and captures the second image, capturing a third set of multiple images of the document; storing the first image, the second image, and the third set of images with associated timestamps; receiving a signal indicating the second instance of the user activating the image-activation mechanism; and in response to the signal, analyzing one or more of the first image, the second image and at least a subset of the third set of multiple images to extract the information near the target location on the document.