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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Ivan N. Wakefield, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
Ivan N. Wakefield, Cary, NC (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for communication may include an optical sensor to capture an image. A processor may be provided to identify or select a class of data in the image and to perform a predetermined function in response to the class of data.