Method and apparatus for label detection

J Lam - US Patent App. 15/583,786, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of label detection includes: obtaining a template for a label having a sub-region
containing a visual feature, the template defining (i) a label geometry, and (ii) a sub-region …

Method and apparatus for extracting and processing price text from an image set

Y Zhang, RE Beach, B Fu, YM Cheng, J Varley… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
A method of extracting price text from an image set includes: obtaining input data comprising
(i) a plurality of images depicting shelves supporting products, and (ii) for each of the …

System and method for decoding barcodes captured with a color image sensor

S Zolotov - US Patent 8,079,525, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Barcode symbols provide a fast and accurate means of representing
information about an object. Decoding or read ing a barcode is accomplished by translating …

Mobile document capture assistance using augmented reality

R Bala, FU Lina, H Ding - US Patent 9,807,263, 2017 - Google Patents
A method and device for aligning an image of a printed substrate using a mobile device. The
method includes receiving, by an image capturing device, an image stream of a printed …

System and method for providing sufficient illumination quality for barcodes captured with a color image sensor

S Zolotov - US Patent 8,500,023, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Barcode symbols provide a fast and accurate means of representing
information about an object. Decoding or read ing a barcode is accomplished by translating …

System and method for decoding barcodes not easily perceptible by human vision

S Zolotov - US Patent 8,584,953, 2013 - Google Patents
A computing device and method for reading a barcode captured with a color image sensor is
disclosed. The barcode can have features and background that have equal brightness and a …

Systems and methods for barcode annotations for digital images

HR Tizhoosh - US Patent 10,628,736, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A content-based image retrieval (CBIR) system and method is presented
herein. The CBIR system generates a relatively short vector or array of data, referred to as a …

Method for restoration of blurred barcode images

ETF Santos, EMDF Jorge, GDA Neves… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to the field of human interac tion with mobile devices, more
specifically the interaction done by the automatic recognition of barcode images cap tured …

System and method for barcode scanning with color image sensors

S Zolotov - US Patent 8,313,030, 2012 - Google Patents
A system and method are provided for barcode scanning for a target barcode comprising:
receiving color image values for a captured image of the target barcode from at least one …

Detecting objects in images using image gradients

BE Feldman, AS Dhua, NP Senthamil - US Patent 8,763,908, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Images produced by cameras on mobile electronic devices Such as
cellphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are often of poor quality because …