Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Techniques including URL recognition and applications
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Application No.: US13017464Application Date: 2011-01-31
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Publication No.: US08358843B2Publication Date: 2013-01-22
- Inventor: Jin Suk Park
- Applicant: Jin Suk Park
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Mauriel Kapouytian & Treffert LLP
- Agent James Woods
- Main IPC: G06K9/18
- IPC: G06K9/18 ; G06K9/34 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
Methods are systems are provided that include obtaining a digital image from a digital photograph, such as may be taken by a digital camera or a camera phone. The digital image includes, for example, a URI or URL, which may be contained within a visible frame. A character recognition technique, such as an optical character recognition technique, may be used to recognize the URI or URL from the digital image. The URI or URL may be used to access a corresponding Web page. The character recognition technique may be applied on the digital camera or cell phone itself, or remotely.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120195505A1 TECHNIQUES INCLUDING URL RECOGNITION AND APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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