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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventor:

Kirk Steven Tecu, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for processing an image of a physical document to enable digital searching of the physical document includes: obtaining a digital copy of the physical document; receiving an instruction to search for a point of interest in the physical document; imaging the physical document and determining that the point of interest is on a surface of the physical document; and projecting, using a projector and onto the surface of the physical document, a visual-aid component that physically overlaps with the point of interest to highlight the point of interest on the surface of the physical document.


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