Bill Slawski tells us how a Google application could allow consumers to shop by taking a picture of an item with a camera phone. A patent recently filed by the Mountain View, Calif., search company
describes a way to use a mobile phone for visual search by taking pictures of items, and sending them to the search engine to have it search through Google Product Search as well as other Web sites,
to find prices, reviews and other information about the items.
It also describes how to make a purchase from that information from the phone. The patent application also includes
illustrations, which Slawski includes in his description.
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