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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Google Files Patent- Search to Include Text in Pictures

Google has filed for a patent with the world intellectual property organization which is based on the idea of “Recognizing Text in Images”. This patent would enable machines to read text included in pictures.

It was further disclosed in Information Week report that the patent would allow tasks like searching videos by keywords appearing in the content.

The technology behind it is based on receiving an input of one or more image search terms and identifying keywords from the received search terms said by patent abstract.

Also, it would consider searching a collection of keywords including keywords extracted from image text, retrieving an image associated with extracted image text corresponding to one or more of the image search terms, and presenting the imag

If this technology is pulled off, it would take web search to a new level. Search on the web would take on a new meaning; especially now when it is full of myriad typefaces and languages.


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