Live View Document Annotation Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user interfaces for image capture applications on electronic devices are inefficient in processing and verifying data from documents, requiring multiple screens and extensive processing before data can be submitted or transmitted, especially when dealing with documents like cheques.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves an electronic device with a processor that captures images of documents, analyzes data fields, and displays live view images with annotation overlays, allowing real-time editing and verification, thereby reducing the number of user interface screens and processing required for data submission or transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If current user interfaces for image capture applications are used to process and verify document data, then data can be captured and processed, but multiple screens and extensive processing are required before data submission or transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (image capture, data extraction, verification, and editing) into a single unified interface. The live view image display integrates with annotation overlays showing extracted data fields, allowing users to perform all document processing tasks without navigating between multiple screens, thus improving productivity while reducing interface complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the traditional image capture interface by overlaying extracted data annotations directly on top of the live view image. This layered approach allows simultaneous display of the original document image and processed data information, enabling verification and editing in the same spatial context without requiring additional screens
2Reliability
If current user interfaces are used for data verification and editing, then data accuracy can be ensured, but extensive processing time is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs data extraction and preliminary verification automatically as the image is being captured, displaying extracted data fields as annotation overlays in real-time. This preliminary processing allows users to verify and edit data immediately without waiting for separate processing steps, reducing time loss while maintaining verification accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides immediate visual feedback by displaying extracted data fields as annotations directly on the live view image. Users can see the extracted data, verify its accuracy, and make edits in real-time, creating a continuous feedback loop that ensures data reliability while minimizing processing delays
3Ease of operation
If multiple screens are used for data processing and submission, then comprehensive processing can be achieved, but user interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of multiple separate screens (image capture, data extraction, verification, and submission) into a single integrated interface. The live view display with annotation overlays consolidates all these functions, making the interface easier to operate while reducing the number of screens from multiple to one
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method for processing images of a document is disclosed. The method includes: capturing an image of at least part of a document by a camera of an electronic device, the document having one or more data fields; determining, by the electronic device, one or more data entry items from analyzing the one or more data fields in the image; and displaying, on a display of the electronic device, a live view image of the document with annotation overlays on the live view image, each annotation overlay containing a respective one of the one or more data entry items and being displayed in association with its respective data field in the live view image.