Note recognition and association based on grouping indicators

US9047509B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Diane R. Wolk · Woodbury, US
• David M. Mahli · Woodbury, US
• Cristin E. Moran · Windom, US
• Guruprasad Somasundaram · Minneapolis, US
• Willem V. Bastiaens · Scandia, US
• Richard J. Moore · Lighthouse Point, US
• Pontus Axelsson · Stockholm, SE
• Michael Rotstein · Stockholm, SE
• Roland Persson · Walter-Bruch-Straße, SE
• Linus Åkerlund · Stockholm, SE
• Tasuku Nakayama · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30176
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are described for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes. A computing device is described that includes a processor and an image collection module executable on the processor and configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of physical notes. An image processing engine executable on the processor is configured to identify the plurality of physical notes in the input image and generate, for each of the physical notes, a corresponding digital note. The image processing engine is further configured to identify an indication of one or more groups of the plurality of identified notes in the input image and group the plurality of digital notes according to the indication.