System and method for feature recognition and document searching based on feature recognition

Abstract

A system for document searching can include a camera. The system may further include an image capturing module configured to capture a first image of a first portion of a document, a feature recognition module in communication with the image capturing module, the feature recognition module configured to determine a first feature associated with the first image, a search module configured to send search information to a server and receive a first result from a first search of a set of documents that was performed based on one or more search criteria determined based on the first feature associated with the first image, and a search interface configured to present the first result on the device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for document searching, comprising:
 on a client device, capturing a plurality of optical character recognition (OCR) data from image capture of a document on the device;   deriving search information based on a subset of the OCR data;   sending the search information to a server;   receiving a result from a search of a set of documents performed on the server;   deriving enhanced search information based another subset of the OCR data and the received result;   sending the enhanced search information to the server;   receiving an enhanced result from a search of the set of documents performed on the server; and   formatting the enhanced result as a result output for display on the device and displaying the result output along with the image capture of the document on the device.