20090055778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONSCREEN TEXT RECOGNITION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - The invention comprises a method of selecting and identifying on-screen text on a mobile device, comprising: a) providing an on-screen selection icon for activation of text selection mode; b) activating a text selection pointer upon activation of the selection icon; c) applying a text-selection algorithm in a region identified by user location of the text selection pointer; d) identifying text with the region using a character recognition algorithm; and, e) passing the identified text for further analysis as determined by user selection. | 02-26-2009 |