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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Richard J. Tomsett, Southampton, GB;
Corey Sonier, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
William Kirby Wright, III, Metairie, LA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In an approach for guiding a visually impaired user to position a mobile device appropriately in relation to a screen so that dynamic information on the screen can be reliably extracted and conveyed to the visually impaired user, a processor receives an image captured by a camera of a mobile device. A processor performs object recognition on the image to identify a digital screen and a location of the digital screen in the image. A processor retrieves a template of the digital screen. A processor performs angle-sensitive optical character recognition (OCR) on the location of the digital screen in the image. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen can be extracted, a processor conveys the text to a user. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen cannot be extracted, a processor guides the user to re-orient the mobile device to capture a better image.