1262449 九、發明說明： 【發明所屬之技術領域】 本發明係有關於一種圖像辨識系統及其方法，尤其是 透過可攜式通訊用電子產品可遠端傳輸並辨識圖像之一種 圖像辨識系統及其方法。 【先前技術】 生活上總有許多未知令我們好奇，不管是達文西所繪 的蒙那利沙微笑時思索著什麼、歐洲風格各異的教堂究竟 屬於羅馬式或哥德式、馬來西亞的京那魯山擁有的奇花竟 需費時13個月才開、身邊圍繞擾人不知是虻是蠅的昆蟲等 等有關於人物、動植物、藝文、雕塑、乃甚建築等。從早 期的親臨圖書館查「百科」、查「大全」，到現在人在家中 坐、網路一線牽的查詢方式，在在顯示資訊的徹底數位化 以及網際網路的無遠弗屆；不過為了因應搜尋需求的不 同’不少單位致力發展更為方便、完整的搜尋方式，以期 能夠穩固市場展佔有率。 _有別於傳統的文字查詢，數位化有助於大量儲存圖像 資Λ ’利用到圖像資訊的查詢技術已越來越多元·，如台灣 务明專利TW 221994號之「搜尋數位圖像檔案的裝置及其 t法」，所揭露先決定搜尋條件與搜尋模式，再根據該搜尋 =與模式於硬碟或記憶卡中所載存之圖像資訊，其係以 ，機處理。所查詢之圖像資訊為先前建立於該單機内之資 種>，而+對"亥被查询物件有基本認識，如建擋日期等；此 哥水t式雖利用圖像資訊，但對於被搜尋物件的搜尋與 1262449 檢索，若該單機内缺乏檔案、或對於該被搜尋物件一無所 知’查詢動作則宣告失敗。 此外，一種光學符號識別（Optical character recognition，OCR)技術也應用於影像分析與搜尋，然需 透過内建檔案，反覆比對查找内建檔案與該圖像直至相同 或最相近的匹配；此種技術通常應用於辨識手寫文字，為 建立各種文子書寫模式以及因應不同文字的需求，極需要 耗費極大成本積制賴案，儘管可制於辨識圖案， 然其文字或_賴識健供傳輸雙方的溝通平台，無法 再提供更多知識的查找。 、緣是γ發明人有感上述缺失，乃潛心研究並配合學理 之運用出-種設計合理且廣泛且有效改善上述缺失之 【發明内容】 ^明之主要目的在於提供—翻像辨齡統及其方 [，’ 可攜式通則電子產品進行遠端傳輸並辨識圖 心以圖像作為搜尋方式的辨識系統。 法，達成一種可在對圖 種可在對圖像毫無所悉的情況下的資訊即知。1262449 IX. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an image recognition system and a method thereof, and more particularly to an image recognition capable of remotely transmitting and recognizing an image through a portable communication electronic product System and its methods. [Prior Art] There are always many unknowns in life that make us curious. No matter what the thoughts of Monashissa painted by Da Vinci, what kind of churches of different European style belong to Romanesque or Gothic style, Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia. It takes about 13 months for the flowers to be opened, and the insects around them that are disturbing people, such as animals, animals and plants, art, sculpture, and even buildings. From the early visits to the library to check "encyclopedia" and check "Daquan", to the present, people sit at home, the Internet is inquiring about the way, the information is thoroughly digitized and the Internet is far away; however In order to cope with the different search needs, 'several units are committed to developing a more convenient and complete search method, in order to stabilize the market share. _Different from traditional text query, digitalization helps to store a large amount of image information. 'The query technology that uses image information has become more and more diverse. For example, Taiwan Vision Patent TW 221994 "Search Digital Image" The device of the file and its t method, which firstly determines the search condition and the search mode, and then according to the image information stored in the hard disk or the memory card according to the search=and mode, is processed by the machine. The image information that is queried is the resource type previously established in the single machine>, and the + pair "Hai has a basic understanding of the object to be queried, such as the date of construction, etc.; this brother water t-type uses image information, but For the search of the searched object and the 1262449 search, if there is no file in the single machine, or if there is no knowledge of the searched object, the query action will fail. In addition, an optical character recognition (OCR) technique is also applied to image analysis and search. However, through the built-in file, it is necessary to compare and search the built-in file and the image until the same or the closest match; The technology is usually used to recognize handwritten characters. In order to establish various text writing modes and to meet the needs of different texts, it is extremely costly to accumulate the case. Although it can be used to identify patterns, its texts or The communication platform can no longer provide more knowledge to find. The reason is that the gamma inventor feels the above-mentioned deficiency, but is concentrating on research and using the application of the theory. The design is reasonable and extensive and effectively improves the above-mentioned defects. [The content of the invention] The main purpose of the invention is to provide - the image recognition system and its Fang [, ' Portable General Electronic Products for remote transmission and identification of the image with the image as the search system. Law, to achieve a kind of information that can be seen in the case of the picture can be seen without any knowledge of the image.
L 明之次—目的在於提供—種圖像辨識I统及其方 為了達成上述目的 及其方法，利闲#太# 1262449 於該擷取圖像之該特徵值之 方“亥梅取圖像之或圖像或文字或聲音資訊回傳至查詢^關 統，iHt目的’本發明提供於—翻像辨識系 含·、^山、口 ^式通訊用電子產品，該圖像辨識系統係包 π之：：ϊ終端機，係連接具有文字、圖像'以及聲音資 i產H ΐ㈣取單元’係、設置於該可攜式通訊用電 取*—擷取圖像’其中該可攜式通訊用電子產 ;炊=技術聯繫該終端機，將·取圖像傳送至 :而故’以及設置於該終端機内之比料^，逐一 取圖像之文字並輸出相關於該掏 、人于次耳曰貝讯至该可攜式通訊用電子產品。 為了達成上述目的，本發明提供於一種圖像辨識方法， =於可攜式通訊用電子產品，該圖像辨識方法包含下列 (a)利用設置於該可攜式通訊用電子產品 ==付:_象;(b)藉由無線通訊技術傳輸該梅 元:比對單元之終端機;(c)由該比對單 兀％^貝枓庫，亚從該資料縣得之輯資訊；⑷於該 比對=70内比對賴取圖像與該㈣㈣之圖像資訊 由該資料庫搜尋出相關於鋪取圖像之圖像資訊，、並 取得相關於該擷取圖像之女宝七同Μ 4 ^ 輸出相關於該擷取圖像之文音資訊;以及⑴ 式通訊用電子產品。子或⑽絲^訊至該可攜 為了使胃審查委員能更進一步瞭 技術内容，請參_下有關本發明之詳細說明， f内容僅提财考與說明用，並非用來對本發明加以限制 君。 1262449 【實施方式】 如第一圖至第三圖所示，本發明係提供一種圖像辨識 系統，可應用於可攜式通訊用電子產品ίο。該圖像辨識系 統係包含··遠端之終端機20，係連接具有文字、圖像、以 及聲音資訊之資料庫30;圖像擷取單元12,係設ί於該< 攜式通訊用電子產品1〇、且取得一擷取圖像，其中該可穩 式通訊用電子產品10係以無線通訊技術聯繫該終端機 20，將該擷取圖像傳送至該終端機20 ;以及設置於該終端 機20内之比對單元22，逐一比對該擷取圖像與資料庫30 内存之圖像資訊，並輸出相關於該擷取圖像之文字或聲音 資訊至該可攜式通訊用電子產品10。其中，該資料庫30 係可設於該終端機20内，或獨立於該終端機20之外，且 該資料庫30可為單一資料庫，或分散式資料庫（不同地方 之資料庫所串連而成，作為資訊交換平臺，如第二圖所 示），该資料庫3 0内的圖像資訊係包括有生態照、標本知、 特色圖或平面圖，其形式可為二維影像、三維影像、字母、 數字、符號或由字母與數字所構成之字母數字符號 (alphanumeric symbols)等◦該等圖像資訊可經由數位 儲存之後，進行格網（grid)切割，在每一切割格網進行 細圖編碼，使每一切割格網至少具備有位置編碼以及細圖 編碼’則每一圖項資訊至少包括位置編碼與細圖編碼資訊。 該可攜式通訊用電子產品係可為手機、個人數位助理 (PDA)、掌上型電腦（paim)等可透過無線通訊技術傳輸 資料之產品。設於該可攜式通訊用電子產品之該圖像擷取 單元12係可為電荷輕合元件（ccd，charge coupled 1262449 dev i ce)、或互補性氧化金屬半導體（CM〇s，c〇mp丨emen tm_y Metal-Oxide Semiconductor)，其功能為照相。本圖像辨 熾系統係可進一步包括圖像分析單元4〇，該圖像分析單元 40 %繫5亥圖像操取單元12並處理其攝取之該操取圖像並 取得特欲值。是以藉由照相擷取所欲被查詢物件的數位圖 像，該擷取圖像經由該圖像分析單元4〇處理後具有特徵 值，忒特彳政值係由下述方式取得：該擷取圖像進行格網 (grid)切割，每一切割格網均具有預定編碼，選定該擷 取圖像之至少一特定部分之該預定編碼作為該特徵值，其' 中該圖像分析單元40係可設於該可攜式通訊用電子產 1〇内（如第一圖）或設於該終端機2〇内（如第三 =特徵值傳輸域輯單元22，該崎單元22似情該 2圖像之簡徵值比對無配該㈣庫之圖像資訊（包 備置編碼或每—位置上的細圖編碼資訊，或兩者兼 之日傻^反覆查找的触，可能紐搜尋到符合該特徵值 ΐ!!㈣，則該比對單元22回傳-查詢未果的信息至該 &通訊=電子產品，該信息可以圖像、文字或聲音等 查詢到相當於該擷取圖像之該特徵值之圖像 取圖像Γ或Ξ:0係二與該資料庫3 0聯繫取得相關於該擷 之資訊回聲音資訊或兩兩兼備或三者兼備 u得主β可攜式通訊用電子產品。 圖，所示，本發明之圖像辨識方法之流程 /、包3下列步驟：（a)利用設置於 子產品之圖像操取單元取得 了“式通㈣电 像進行處Mwe 娜圖像，（b)將該擷取圖 延丁處理亚取得至少—特 下·將該榻取圖像進杆心間m讀值取传方式如 口傢進仃格網（grid)切割 1262449 均具有預定編碼，選定該擷取圖像之至少一特定部分之該 預定編碼作為該特徵值；（C)藉由無線通訊技術傳輸該擷 取圖像至一遠端設有比對單元之終端機；（d)由該比對單 元聯繫資料庫（該資料庫可為單一資料庫或分散式資料 庫），並從該資料庫取得之圖像資訊；（e)於該比對單元内 以該擷取圖像之該特徵值比對與匹配該資料庫之圖像資 訊；（〇由該資料庫搜尋出相關於該擷取圖像之圖像資訊， 並從中取得相關於該擷取圖像之文字或圖像或聲音資訊； 以及（g)輸出相關於該擷取圖像之文字或圖像或聲音資訊 至該可攜式通訊用電子產品。例如：在野外或某單位發現 未識之動植物或藝術品，即以手機拍攝成為數位圖像資 訊，並以無線通訊技術傳輸至遠端之終端機，該終端機可 為電信業者之設備，且該終端機可以聯繫至少一個資料 庫，抓取上述資料庫内已儲存之圖像資料，上述資料庫可 為現成，如以合作其他學術單位之方式提供聯合查詢等， 經終端機内的比對單元所擷取圖像的特徵值是否與資料庫 内的圖像資訊相當，當無法查詢到相當該擷取圖像之圖像 資料時，該終端機係回傳給手機一搜尋未果的信息，如文 字或以聲音表達的「搜尋不到！」，或以圖像表達的哭臉等 等表示未成功等；當查詢到相當於該擷取圖像之圖像資料 時，可傳送相當於該擷取圖像之圖像、聲音或文字資料等， 如已存在之生態照或立體照、語音解說、或文字敘述等等， 可提供查詢者更清楚更多元化的查詢方法與查詢結果。 由前述可知，本發明之該圖像辨識系統及其方法具有 以下之優點： 1 .在對被查詢物件毫無所悉的情況下亦可以進行查 10 1262449 詢的動作； 2 .以數位圖像作為查詢條件，而可達到相關資訊的即 知回饋，如語音導覽、文字介紹、相關活動等等，而非僅 止於圖像辨識階段；以及 3 .可聯合既有資料庫作為查找的基礎，作為一龐大的 資訊交換平台。 惟以上所述僅為本發明之較佳可行實施例，非因此即 拘限本發明之專利範圍，故舉凡應用本發明說明書或圖式 内容所為之等效結構變化，均同理皆包含於本發明之範圍 内，以保障發明者之權益，於此陳明。 【圖式簡單說明】 第一圖所示，係為本發明之第一實施例之系統示意圖； 第二圖所示，係為本發明之第二實施例之系統示意圖； 第三圖所示，係為本發明之第三實施例之系統示意 圖；以及 第四圖所示， 係為本發明之流程示意圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 本發明之圖像辨識系統及其方法 可攜式通訊用電子產品10 圖像擷取單元 12 終端機 20 比對單元 22 資料庫 30 圖像分析單元 40 11The second is to provide an image recognition system and its method. In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose and its method, Li Xian #太# 1262449 is the side of the feature value of the captured image. Or image or text or sound information back to the query ^ Guan Tong, iHt purpose 'The present invention is provided in - the image recognition system contains ·, ^ Shan, mouth ^ type communication electronic products, the image recognition system is π :: ϊ terminal machine, the connection has text, image 'and sound i i production H ΐ (four) take the unit 'system, set in the portable communication power supply * - capture image 'where the portable communication Using electronic production; 炊 = technology to contact the terminal, the image is transferred to: and therefore 'and the specific material set in the terminal ^, one by one to take the text of the image and output related to the 掏, person at times In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image recognition method, which is an electronic product for portable communication, and the image recognition method includes the following (a) utilizing Set in the portable communication electronic product == pay: _ elephant; (b) borrow The wireless communication technology transmits the Meiyuan: the terminal of the comparison unit; (c) the comparison unit ^%^Bei library, the information obtained from the data county; (4) the comparison within the comparison=70 The image information of the image (4) and (4) is searched for by the database, and the image information related to the image is extracted, and the image of the female treasure associated with the captured image is obtained. Capture the audio and video information of the image; and (1) communication electronic products. Sub- or (10) wire to the portable in order to enable the stomach review committee to further the technical content, please refer to the detailed description of the present invention. The content of f is only used for financial research and explanation, and is not intended to limit the invention. 1262449 [Embodiment] As shown in the first to third figures, the present invention provides an image recognition system, which can be applied to portability. Electronic communication product ίο. The image recognition system includes a remote terminal 20, which is connected to a database 30 having text, images, and sound information; the image capturing unit 12 is provided with The < portable communication electronic product 1〇, and obtain a captured image, The flexible communication electronic product 10 is connected to the terminal device 20 by wireless communication technology, and transmits the captured image to the terminal device 20; and the comparison unit 22 disposed in the terminal device 20, one by one. And capturing image information of the image and the memory of the database 30, and outputting text or sound information related to the captured image to the portable communication electronic product 10. The database 30 can be set In the terminal device 20, or independent of the terminal device 20, and the database 30 can be a single database, or a distributed database (the database of different places is connected in series, as an information exchange platform, As shown in the second figure, the image information in the database 30 includes an ecological photograph, a specimen, a feature map or a plan view, which may be in the form of a two-dimensional image, a three-dimensional image, a letter, a number, a symbol or The alphanumeric symbols formed by letters and numbers are equal to the image information. After the digital information is stored, the grid is cut, and the fine mesh is coded in each cut grid to make each cut grid. At least FIG position-coding and coding fine 'then each item of information comprising at least positions in FIG encoded information encoded with the finely FIG. The portable communication electronic product is a product that can transmit data through a wireless communication technology such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a palm computer (paim). The image capturing unit 12 disposed in the portable communication electronic product can be a charge coupled component (ccd, charge coupled 1262449 dev i ce), or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CM〇s, c〇mp).丨emen tm_y Metal-Oxide Semiconductor), whose function is photography. The image discriminating system may further include an image analyzing unit 40, which is a 5H image capturing unit 12 and processes the taken image taken by the image and obtains a desired value. The digital image of the object to be queried is captured by taking a picture, and the captured image has a feature value after being processed by the image analyzing unit 4, and the 彳 彳 值 is obtained by the following method: Taking an image for grid cutting, each cutting grid has a predetermined encoding, and the predetermined encoding of at least a specific portion of the captured image is selected as the characteristic value, wherein the image analyzing unit 40 The system can be located in the portable communication electronic product 1 (as shown in the first figure) or in the terminal 2 (such as the third = eigenvalue transmission domain unit 22, the sino unit 22 seems to be 2 image simplification value comparison does not match the image information of the (four) library (package code or per-position fine-grain coding information, or both of the day silly ^ repeatedly look for the touch, may search for the match The feature value ΐ!! (4), the comparison unit 22 returns - query unsuccessful information to the & communication = electronic product, the information can be image, text or sound, etc., which is equivalent to the captured image The image of the eigenvalue is taken as an image Γ or Ξ: 0 is associated with the database 3 0 The information of the 回 回 回 回 或 或 或 回 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Using the image manipulation unit provided in the sub-product, the Mwena image of the "four-way" electric image is obtained, and (b) the image is taken to obtain at least the special image. The inter-card m-value reading and receiving mode, such as the mouth-in-grid cut 1262449, has a predetermined code, and the predetermined code of at least a specific portion of the captured image is selected as the feature value; (C) Transmitting the captured image to a terminal device having a comparison unit via a wireless communication technology; (d) contacting the database by the comparison unit (the database may be a single database or a distributed database) And obtaining image information from the database; (e) comparing the feature values of the captured image with the image information of the captured image in the comparison unit; (〇 searching by the database) Extracting image information related to the captured image, and obtaining relevant information from the Taking text or image or sound information of the image; and (g) outputting text or image or sound information related to the captured image to the portable communication electronic product. For example: found in the wild or in a certain unit An unidentified animal or plant or artwork, which is photographed as a digital image by a mobile phone and transmitted to a remote terminal by wireless communication technology. The terminal can be a device of a telecommunications operator, and the terminal can contact at least one data. The library captures the image data stored in the above database, and the above database may be ready-made, such as providing a joint inquiry by means of cooperating with other academic units, and extracting the feature value of the image through the comparison unit in the terminal. Whether it is equivalent to the image information in the database. When the image data corresponding to the captured image cannot be queried, the terminal machine returns the information to the mobile phone for searching for unsuccessful information, such as text or "search" by voice. Not! Or, the crying face expressed by the image or the like indicates unsuccessful, etc.; when the image data corresponding to the captured image is queried, the image, sound or text data corresponding to the captured image may be transmitted. Etc., such as existing ecological photos or stereo photos, voice explanations, or text narratives, etc., can provide the queryer with a clearer and more diversified query method and query results. It can be seen from the foregoing that the image recognition system and the method thereof have the following advantages: 1. The action of checking 10 1262449 can also be performed without any knowledge of the object being queried; 2. Digital image As a query condition, you can reach the knowledge feedback of relevant information, such as audio navigation, text introduction, related activities, etc., rather than just the image recognition stage; and 3. Can be combined with the existing database as the basis of the search As a huge information exchange platform. However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the equivalent structural changes of the present specification or the contents of the drawings are all included in the present invention. Within the scope of the invention, to protect the rights and interests of the inventors, Chen Ming. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The first diagram is a schematic diagram of a system according to a first embodiment of the present invention; the second diagram is a schematic diagram of a system according to a second embodiment of the present invention; The system diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention; and the fourth diagram is a schematic diagram of the process of the present invention. [Main component symbol description] Image recognition system and method of the present invention Portable communication electronic product 10 Image capture unit 12 Terminal device 20 Comparison unit 22 Database 30 Image analysis unit 40 11