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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Wade Tsai, Seattle, WA (US);
David Michael Sutton, Seattle, WA (US);
Jean-Francois Desgagne, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan William Josal, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/344 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an electronic device are provided for obtaining an image or a video frame, including applying to the image or the video frame, at least one image processing technique, scanning the image or the video frame, to identify a text item, determining an item type for the identified text item, and determining an action, corresponding to the item type.