Patent ID: 8126198
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a call number using a computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions and camera, said method comprising the steps of: capturing an article image where the call number is typically located where the captured article image is a single image or a plurality of images composed of a collection of smaller sufficiently overlapping images, a composite image, where the images making the composite image are not necessarily in the same plane; identifying areas likely to contain the call number within the said article image; converting the said area to characters, the character sequence; the said character sequence is checked for validity according to the classification system in use; displaying said article image and character sequence to the operator; storing said character sequence and image; a list of articles to be found, a search list, such that the call number is checked against the search list and an alert is made; camera movement is applied to images of adjacent or nearby articles such that a list may be created of a plurality of articles.