Patent ID: 8605189
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: capturing, by an imaging device of an electronic device, an image of a target object; analyzing, by a processor using an image recognition application, the image to identify a plurality of features and feature locations on the target object; accessing, by the processor, a model database to identify one or more appliance models, each having features and feature locations that match the identified features and feature locations from the image; in response to identifying only one appliance model: retrieving, by the processor from a file database, one or more document files that correspond to the identified model, and providing the one or more document files to a user; and in response to identifying more than one appliance model: displaying, by a display of the imaging device, a bounded area that corresponds to a location of the potential distinguishing feature, capturing, by the imaging device, a second image of the target object, determining, by the processor, whether a portion of the second image that corresponds to the bounded area comprises the potential distinguishing feature, and in response to determining that the bounded area comprises the potential distinguishing feature: retrieving, by the processor from the file database, one or more document files that correspond to the identified model, and providing the one or more document files to the user.