Patent Document ID: 9710462
Application ID: 14167988

Base Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processing system including a processor, a plurality of photographic images of an object obtained from different positions relative to the object; processing, by the system, the plurality of photographic images to determine a three-dimensional model of the object; generating, by the system, a polygon mesh representation of a three-dimensional surface of the object; determining, by the system, from the polygon mesh representation of the three-dimensional surface of the object, a graphical representation of a surface of the object comprising a plurality of inscriptions indicative of encoded information; presenting, by the system, the graphical representation of the surface of the object on a display device; receiving, by the system, a selection of a region of the graphical representation of the surface of the object, wherein the region bounds a subset of inscriptions of the plurality of inscriptions; transcribing, by the system, the subset of inscriptions of the graphical representation of the surface of the object to determine a plurality of markings; associating, by the system, a group of symbols with the plurality of markings; determining, by the system, for at least one marking of the plurality of markings, a plurality of alternative groups of symbols; determining, by the system, a plurality of alternative transliterations of a symbol of one of the group of symbols, the plurality of alternative groups of symbols or both; and determining, by the system, a plurality of alternative translations of a transliteration of the plurality of alternative transliterations, wherein the graphical representation comprises a flattened surface representation of the three-dimensional surface of the object, and wherein the method further comprises applying, by the system, frequency analysis to the polygon mesh representation of the three-dimensional surface of the object, wherein the transcribing of the subset of inscriptions is based on the applying of the frequency analysis.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the plurality of alternative groups of symbols further comprises: identifying within the flattened surface representation a plurality of surface segments; and associating a respective symbol estimate with each surface segment of the plurality of surface segments.