Daniel Bibireata

US Patent:

8606011, Dec 10, 2013

Filed:

Jun 7, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/491398

Inventors:

Volodymyr V. Ivanchenko - Mountain View CA, US
Geoffrey Scott Heller - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Bibireata - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06K 9/34

US Classification:

382176, 382194, 382199

Abstract:

Various approaches for providing textual information to an application, system, or service are disclosed. In particular, various embodiments enable a user to capture an image with a camera of a portable computing device. The computing device is capable of taking the image and processing it to recognize, identify, and/or isolate the text in order to forward the text to an application or function. The application or function can then utilize the text to perform an action in substantially real-time. The text may include an email, phone number, URL, an address, and the like and the application or function may be dialing the phone number, navigating to the URL, opening an address book to save contact information, displaying a map to show the address, and so on. Adaptive thresholding can be used to account for variations across an image, in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of text recognition processes.

US Patent:

20060212435, Sep 21, 2006

Filed:

Mar 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/392245

Inventors:

Brian Williams - Seattle WA, US
Matthew Rubens - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Bibireata - Seattle WA, US
Varun Narang - Issaquah WA, US
Hilliard Siegel - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A provider of content may provide access to portions of content from a source, but not the source content in its entirety. In some embodiments, one or more access rules or criteria may be implemented that enable users to access portions of the source content up to an allowed limit or threshold (e.g., number or percentage of pages), after which access is prevented to the remaining content that has not previously been accessed. In other embodiments, one or more access rules or criteria may be implemented that enable users to access portions of content of only a certain type (e.g., index, bibliography, introduction, certain chapters, etc.). Unauthorized portions are suppressed or access to them is denied. The content source may be a textual work, an audio work, or a video work of any form. For example, the content may be in electronic form, such as images of pages of content.

US Patent:

20130258117, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Mar 27, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/431079

Inventors:

Aaron Michael Donsbach - Seattle WA, US
Geoffrey Scott Heller - Seattle WA, US
Kenneth M. Karakotsios - San Jose CA, US
Daniel Bibireata - Seattle WA, US
Kah Kuen Fu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Timothy Youngjin Sohn - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

International Classification:

H04N 5/225
G06K 9/00

US Classification:

3482071, 348E05024

Abstract:

A user attempting to obtain information about an object can capture image information including a view of that object, and the image information can be used with a matching or identification process to provide information about that type of object to the user. In order to narrow the search space to a specific category, and thus improve the accuracy of the results and the speed at which results can be obtained, the user can be guided to capture image information with an appropriate orientation. An outline or other graphical guide can be displayed over image information captured by a computing device, in order to guide the user in capturing the object from an appropriate direction and with an appropriate scale for the type of matching and/or information used for the matching. Such an approach enables three-dimensional objects to be analyzed using conventional two-dimensional identification algorithms, among other such processes.

US Patent:

20130329023, Dec 12, 2013

Filed:

Jun 11, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/493714

Inventors:

Geoffrey Scott Heller - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Bibireata - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348 61, 348E07085

Abstract:

Various approaches for providing textual information to an application, system, or service are disclosed. In particular, various embodiments enable a user to capture an image with a camera of a portable computing device. The computing device is capable of taking the image and processing it to recognize, identify, and/or isolate the text in order to forward the text to an application or function. The application or function can then utilize the text to perform an action in substantially real-time. The text may include an email, phone number, URL, an address, and the like and the application or function may be dialing the phone number, navigating to the URL, opening an address book to save contact information, displaying a map to show the address, and so on.

US Patent:

20150189188, Jul 2, 2015

Filed:

Dec 31, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/587830

Inventors:

- Reno NV, US
Aaron Michael Donsbach - Seattle WA, US
Geoffrey Scott Heller - Seattle WA, US
Kenneth Mark Karakotsios - San Jose CA, US
Daniel Bibireata - Seattle WA, US
Kah Kuen Fu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Timothy Youngjin Sohn - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/232
G06Q 30/06
G06K 9/62

Abstract:

A user attempting to obtain information about an object can capture image information including a view of that object, and the image information can be used with a matching or identification process to provide information about that type of object to the user. In order to narrow the search space to a specific category, and thus improve the accuracy of the results and the speed at which results can be obtained, the user can be guided to capture image information with an appropriate orientation. An outline or other graphical guide can be displayed over image information captured by a computing device, in order to guide the user in capturing the object from an appropriate direction and with an appropriate scale for the type of matching and/or information used for the matching. Such an approach enables three-dimensional objects to be analyzed using conventional two-dimensional identification algorithms, among other such processes.

US Patent:

20140211067, Jul 31, 2014

Filed:

Mar 31, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/231552

Inventors:

- Reno NV, US
Aaron Michael Donsbach - Seattle WA, US
Geoffrey Scott Heller - Seattle WA, US
Kenneth Mark Karakotsios - San Jose CA, US
Daniel Bibireata - Seattle WA, US
Kah Kuen Fu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Timothy Youngjin Sohn - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06K 9/32
G06K 9/62
H04N 5/232

US Classification:

34833303

Abstract:

A user attempting to obtain information about an object can capture image information including a view of that object, and the image information can be used with a matching or identification process to provide information about that type of object to the user. In order to narrow the search space to a specific category, and thus improve the accuracy of the results and the speed at which results can be obtained, the user can be guided to capture image information with an appropriate orientation. An outline or other graphical guide can be displayed over image information captured by a computing device, in order to guide the user in capturing the object from an appropriate direction and with an appropriate scale for the type of matching and/or information used for the matching. Such an approach enables three-dimensional objects to be analyzed using conventional two-dimensional identification algorithms, among other such processes.

US Patent:

20140187223, Jul 3, 2014

Filed:

Oct 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/046814

Inventors:

- Reno NV, US
Geoffrey Scott Heller - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Bibireata - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

International Classification:

H04W 4/00

US Classification:

455418

Abstract:

Various approaches for providing textual information to an application, system, or service are disclosed. In particular, various embodiments enable a user to capture an image with a camera of a portable computing device. The computing device is capable of taking the image and processing it to recognize, identify, and/or isolate the text in order to forward the text to an application or function. The application or function can then utilize the text to perform an action in substantially real-time. The text may include an email, phone number, URL, an address, and the like and the application or function may be dialing the phone number, navigating to the URL, opening an address book to save contact information, displaying a map to show the address, and so on. Adaptive thresholding can be used to account for variations across an image, in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of text recognition processes.