Handheld device for capturing text from both a document printed on paper and a document displayed on a dynamic display device
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.
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.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the portion of the document capture data; and
performing the predetermined action associated with the particular symbol.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein performing the predetermined action comprises causing a control program to be executed.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein performing the predetermined action comprises causing the electronic document to be printed.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving information associated with a user initiating the document capture process on the rendered document; and
identifying the user, based on the received information.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein performing the predetermined action comprises providing the electronic document for display on a display device to the user.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein performing the predetermined action comprises sending the electronic document to an email address associated with the user.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:
maintaining a record of performing the predetermined action, wherein the record comprises a user identifier associated with the user, an electronic document identifier associated with the electronic document, and an action identifier associated with the performed action.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining that the user is authorized to access a document archive that is accessible to a plurality of users of a user group; and
storing information associated with the rendered document in the document archive.
10. A computer-readable storage device storing software including instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations 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.
11. The computer-readable storage device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the portion of the document capture data; and
performing the predetermined action associated with the particular symbol.
12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving information associated with a user initiating the document capture process on the rendered document; and
identifying the user, based on the received information.
13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
maintaining a record of performing the predetermined action, wherein the record comprises a user identifier associated with the user, an electronic document identifier associated with the electronic document, and an action identifier associated with the performed action.
14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining that the user is authorized to access a document archive that is accessible to a plurality of users of a user group; and
storing information associated with the rendered document in the document archive.
15. A system, comprising:
one or more data processing apparatus; and
a computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by the data processing apparatus and upon such execution cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations 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.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the portion of the document capture data; and
performing the predetermined action associated with the particular symbol.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving information associated with a user initiating the document capture process on the rendered document; and
identifying the user, based on the received information.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
maintaining a record of performing the predetermined action, wherein the record comprises a user identifier associated with the user, an electronic document identifier associated with the electronic document, and an action identifier associated with the performed action.
19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining that the user is authorized to access a document archive that is accessible to a plurality of users of a user group; and
storing information associated with the rendered document in the document archive.
20. The system of claim 17 , wherein performing the predetermined action comprises one or more of causing the electronic document to be printed, providing the electronic document for display on a display device to the user, or sending the electronic document to an email address associated with the user.