ASSOCIATING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA WITH A SPREADSHEET

摘要

A spreadsheet application associates data obtained from a captured image with a spreadsheet. For example, one or more images of physical data may be captured and translated into electronic data that is automatically associated with one or more spreadsheets. The formatting and underlying formulas of the data included within the captured image may be represented within a spreadsheet (e.g. highlighted data remains highlighted within the electronic spreadsheet). The data may also be compared with existing electronic data. For example, differences between the data in the captured image with the data in an existing spreadsheet may be used to update the existing spreadsheet. A display of a captured image may be also be augmented using data that is obtained from the captured image. For example, a chart may be created and displayed using data that is obtained from the captured image.

主权项

1. A method for using captured image data with a spreadsheet, comprising:
receiving a captured image wherein the captured image includes recognizable data comprising characters; obtaining data from the captured image wherein at least a portion of the data obtained are characters; and updating an existing spreadsheet with the data from the captured image when it is determined that the data from the captured image is associated with the existing spreadsheet wherein updating the existing spreadsheet comprises matching the data from the captured image with data within at least one cell of the existing spreadsheet and, if the data from the captured image and the data within the at least one cell of the existing spreadsheet are different, replacing the data within the at least one cell of the existing spreadsheet with the data from the captured image.