Patent ID: 8626236
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F,G10L

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying text in low-light environments, the method comprising: capturing a streaming video comprising an original image of text in a low-light environment using a camera on a mobile device; adjusting a brightness setting and a contrast setting of the original image to increase the contrast of the imaged text relative to a background of the original image; applying optical character recognition to the adjusted image to generate text corresponding to the imaged text; displaying the original image of text on the mobile device; displaying, overlaid the original image, the text with greater visibility in the low-light environment than the imaged text; automatically updating the display of the text when the position of the corresponding imaged text changes location in a subsequent original image of the streaming video; and, when new imaged text is detected in the subsequent original image, automatically updating the display with new text overlaid the corresponding new imaged text.