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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Lucy Gibson, Belmont, MA (US);
Rafael Maya Zetune, Brighton, MA (US);
Lev Lvovsky, Waban, MA (US);
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Lucy Gibson, Belmont, MA (US);
Rafael Maya Zetune, Brighton, MA (US);
Lev Lvovsky, Waban, MA (US);
KNFB READER, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A reading machine includes an image input device including a lens and a polarizer disposed over the lens, a flash and a second polarizer disposed over the flash. The image input device also includes a computing device coupled to the image input device for capturing images, the computing device, including a processor to execute instructions and a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing the processor to process the captured images to recognize features in the captured images.