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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Stephen A. Weyl, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Geoffrey H. Nudd, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter E. Hart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
Stephen A. Weyl, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Geoffrey H. Nudd, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter E. Hart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content as a second medium. The MMR system of the present invention provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types, such as printed paper as a first medium and a digital photograph, digital movie, digital audio file, or web link as a second medium. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including: a method for layout independent MMR recognition, a strip fragment candidate generation process, and a page candidate accumulation process.