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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Seth Guy Hill, La Mesa, CA (US);
Djung Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Aravind Babu Asam, San Diego, CA (US);
Xudong Yu, San Diego, CA (US);
Nobukazu Sugiyama, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongwook Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Hsiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Dipendu Saha, San Diego, CA (US);
Tanmay Agnihotri, San Diego, CA (US);
William Arthur Schupp, San Diego, CA (US);
Seth Guy Hill, La Mesa, CA (US);
Djung Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Aravind Babu Asam, San Diego, CA (US);
Xudong Yu, San Diego, CA (US);
Nobukazu Sugiyama, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongwook Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Hsiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Dipendu Saha, San Diego, CA (US);
Tanmay Agnihotri, San Diego, CA (US);
William Arthur Schupp, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The user of an Internet-enabled CE device such as a TV can select an object in a video presented on the display of the CE device by either touch sensitive screen or input device. The processor of the CE device can then determine the boundaries of the object, identify it using face/image recognition software, search for information/websites related to the object, and present those information/websites to the viewer on the display screen.