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Method for adding business card information into contact list

US9147109B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 2011
Grant dateSep 29, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided in the present invention is a method for determining if a business card about to be added has been present in a contact list, and the method is applicable in an electronic device having a contact list used for storing business card information of contacts. The method comprises: the electronic device acquiring a business card image of the business card about to be added, then retrieving the business card image of each prestored business card from the contact list on the basis of character information on the business card image, performing an image feature matching respectively with the business card about to be added, and selecting a candidate business card on the basis of image feature similarity; determining if the candidate business card and the business card about to be added belong to a same user; if the answer is yes, then displaying that the business card about to be added has been present in the contact list, and if the answer is no, then displaying that the business card about to be added has not been present in the contact list yet. This is used for automatic determination of whether the recognized business card has already been present in the contact list by comb…

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