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Generalized object recognition for portable reading machine

US8160880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2008
Grant dateApr 17, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/764
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for operating a reading machine are disclosed. The techniques include forming an N-dimensional features vector based on features of an image, the features corresponding to characteristics of at least one object depicted in the image, representing the features vector as a point in n-dimensional space, where n corresponds to N, the number of features in the features vector and comparing the point in n-dimensional space to a centroid that represents a cluster of points in the n-dimensional space corresponding to a class of objects to determine whether the point belongs in the class of objects corresponding to the centroid.

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