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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
Guillaume Belrose, Bristol, GB;
Guillaume Belrose, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A user is presented with a picture image either in hard-copy or electronic form. Particular picture features in the image each have associated information that is presented to the user upon the user requesting such information by at least selecting the picture feature using a feature-selection arrangement. Should the user select a picture feature for which no information is provided, an identifier of the feature, for example its image coordinates, are output to inform a person involved in providing the picture and related information. Preferably, to request information about a picture feature, the user as well as selecting the feature, also inputs a query by voice; in this case, where the selected feature has no associated information, the user query is also provided back to the person involved in providing the picture and related information.