Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing additional information for text in an image
- Patent Title (中): 为图像中的文本提供附加信息
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Application No.: US14291493Application Date: 2014-05-30
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Publication No.: US09165186B1Publication Date: 2015-10-20
- Inventor: David Paul Ramos , Matthew Joseph Cole , Matthew Daniel Hart
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Samspon LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00

Abstract:
Disclosed are techniques for providing additional information for text in an image. In some implementations, a computing device receives an image including text. Optical character recognition (OCR) is performed on the image to produce recognized text. One or more topics corresponding to the recognized text is determined. A word or a phrase is selected from the recognized text for providing additional information. One or more potential meanings of the selected word or phrase are determined. One of the potential meanings is selected using the one or more topics. A source of additional information corresponding to the selected meaning is selected for providing the additional information to a user's device.
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