Image analysis – Pattern recognition – Limited to specially coded – human-readable characters
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-10
2009-02-24
Bella, Matthew C. (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Pattern recognition
Limited to specially coded, human-readable characters
C715S259000, C715S265000, C715S271000, C704S002000, C704S003000, C704S009000, C382S182000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07496230
ABSTRACT:
Image or graphic elements such as pictures, icons and clip art, are intercepted during transfer from a computer source to a computer destination, such as during a cut-and-paste operation. Embedded text within the intercepted element is optically recognized, and encoded text is extracted. It is determined if the language of the text matches a desired language of the destination. If not, a translation of the optically-recognized text data is performed, and the translated text data is rendered into image data. The image data is then substituted into the intercepted element to overlay or replace the original embedded text, thereby “translating” the image or graphic element to a desired destination language. The modified image or graphic element is then delivered to the destination, such as a document, program, file or data structure.
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Screen shot from “AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation Service”, performed from http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish on Oct. 30, 2003.
“Lingua Translator Web Service—XML Web Service Details” downloaded from http://www.bindingpoint.com/ on Nov. 4, 2003.
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Chen Yen-Fu
Dunsmoir John W.
Bella Matthew C.
Frantz Robert H.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Mims Jr. David A.
Strege John B
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