Handheld device for capturing text from both a document printed on paper and a document displayed on a dynamic display device

摘要

A device for capturing rendered text is described. The device incorporates one or more visual sensors that receive visual information as a part of capturing rendered text. The visual sensors are collectively capable of capturing both text that is permanently printed on a page, and text that is displayed transitorily on a dynamic device. The device further incorporates a visual information disposition subsystem for disposing of visual information received by the visual sensors. The device further incorporates a package that bears the visual sensors and the visual information disposition subsystem, and is suitable to be held in a human hand.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document; determining, based at least on the document capture data, that the rendered document includes a particular symbol; accessing a registry that associates symbols with predetermined actions, wherein each symbol is associated with a different predetermined action; determining a particular predetermined action associated with the particular symbol; and providing, to a document management system, (i) at least a portion of the document capture data, and (ii) an indication of the predetermined action associated with the particular symbol.