US Patent Application 17973500. CONTEXTUAL TEXT LOOKUP FOR IMAGES simplified abstract
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CONTEXTUAL TEXT LOOKUP FOR IMAGES
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Inventor(s)
Ryan S. Dixon of Mountain View CA (US)
Pulah J. Shah of Cupertino CA (US)
Yang Zhao of Palo Alto CA (US)
CONTEXTUAL TEXT LOOKUP FOR IMAGES - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17973500 titled 'CONTEXTUAL TEXT LOOKUP FOR IMAGES
Simplified Explanation
- The technology described in the patent application allows electronic devices to perform contextual text lookup for images. - When a request is made to search for text in an image displayed on the device, the device obtains search results based on the text itself and contextual information derived from the image. - Contextual information can include details about the image that help enhance the search results. - The application information associated with the app displaying the image can also be used as contextual metadata to improve the search for text in the image.
Original Abstract Submitted
The subject technology provides for contextual text lookup for images. When a request is received by an electronic device to perform a lookup or search for text in an image that is displayed at the electronic device, the electronic device may obtain one or more search results, based on the text itself and based on contextual information derived, by the electronic device, from the image. In one or more implementations, application information associated with an application that displays the image may also be used as contextual metadata for enhancing the results of the search for the text from the image.
