Patent ID: 7305435
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G06F,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: using a camera unit to acquire a raw visual light image that contains a written uniform resource locator; converting the raw visual light image to an electronic image; having a mobile device locate and recognize glyphs of at least one particular standardized set of uniform resource locator characters in the electronic image, using the said characters as a flag to provide a location of the rest of the uniform resource locator, wherein the glyphs include “http” or “www”; approximating an angle between a plane of at least one of the glyphs and a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the camera; compensating for said angle before attempting extraction of remaining parts of the uniform resource locator; attempting to extract remaining parts of the uniform resource locator from the electronic image after locating and recognizing the glyphs; sending the results of the extraction attempt in a request signal to a web server in order to access an internet site; processing a reply from the web server; and presenting the internet site.