US 12,169,967 B1
System and method for capturing by a device an image of a light colored object on a light colored background for uploading to a remote server
Amy L. Acuff, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Westlake, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,303.
Application 18/149,303 is a continuation of application No. 17/033,500, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,544,833.
Application 17/033,500 is a continuation of application No. 15/994,956, filed on May 31, 2018, granted, now 10,796,422.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/513,342, filed on May 31, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 10/98 (2022.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/993 (2022.01) [G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06V 10/17 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/267 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06T 2200/16 (2013.01); G06T 2200/28 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method of determining whether an image should be uploaded from a mobile device to a server, the method comprising:
receiving at least one range of acceptable ratios of height and width;
capturing the image on the mobile device;
identifying edges of a plurality of items in the image or at least one different version of the image, each of said edges potentially representing at least one edge of at least one selected from a set comprising characters, numbers and logos;
identifying a rectangular boundary that surrounds all of the edges identified, the rectangular boundary comprising a boundary height and a boundary width;
determining whether a ratio of the boundary height and the boundary width is within at least one of the at least one range of acceptable ratios of height and width;
determining whether the rectangular boundary falls within a margin inside at least one edge of at least one of the at least one different version of the image or the image; and
responsive to the rectangular boundary not falling within the margin inside the at least one edge of the at least one of the at least one different version of the image or the image and to the ratio of the boundary height and the boundary width of the rectangular boundary being within at least one of the at least one range of acceptable ratios of height and width, uploading to the server from the mobile device, the image, at least one of the at least one different version of the image, or an other version of the image.