1. A computer-implemented method for providing feedback about an image of a financial document to a user, comprising:
receiving a preview of a first image of the financial document from the user when the user is taking a picture of the financial document using an electronic device;
in response to determining that the received preview of the financial document includes multiple financial documents with the same financial-document layout, providing a first real-time guidance to the user, wherein the first real-time guidance instructs the user on improving the first image of the document;
receiving a second image of the financial document from the user, wherein the second image is an improved version of the first image of the document based on the first real-time guidance to the user;
analyzing the second image to identify one or more areas in the second image that require further improvement based on a quality metric, wherein the quality metric is based on whether the image includes multiple financial documents with the same financial-document layout; and
in response to the analysis, providing a feedback to the user, wherein the feedback provides a second real-time guidance to the user to zoom in on an area in the second image to provide an improved version of the second image, wherein the improved version of the second image includes a single financial document from the multiple financial documents.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple financial documents include an income-tax document.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the image involves optical character recognition or image processing.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the image involves identifying a location with financial information in the image.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the image involves cropping the image.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the image involves identifying the multiple financial documents.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the quality metric includes information about extraneous information in the image.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the second image involves taking a photograph of or scanning at least a portion of the financial document.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructions specify an orientation of the second image.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the feedback includes a third image that illustrates the specified orientation of the second image and the single financial document to include in the second image.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time guidance for improving the first image of the document includes:
instructing the user to rotate the electronic device to a different orientation to get an improved image of the document.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for providing feedback about an image of a financial document to a user, comprising:
instructions for receiving a preview of a first image of the financial document from the user when the user is taking a picture of the financial document using an electronic device;
instructions for, in response to determining that the received preview of the financial document includes multiple financial documents with the same financial-document layout, providing a first real-time guidance to the user, wherein the first real-time guidance instructs the user on improving the first image of the document;
instructions for receiving a second image of the financial document from the user, wherein the second image is an improved version of the first image of the document based on the first real-time guidance to the user;
instructions for analyzing the second image to identify one or more areas in the second image that require further improvement based on a quality metric, wherein the quality metric is based on whether the image includes multiple financial documents with the same financial-document layout; and
instructions for, in response to the analysis, providing a feedback to the user, wherein the feedback provides a second real-time guidance to the user to zoom in on an area in the second image to provide an improved version of the second image, wherein the improved version of the second image includes a single financial document from the multiple financial documents.
13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the financial document includes an income-tax document.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein analyzing the image involves optical character recognition or image processing.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein analyzing the image involves identifying a location with financial information in the image.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein analyzing the image involves cropping the image.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein analyzing the image involves identifying the multiple financial documents.
18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the quality metric includes information about extraneous information in the image.
19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions specify an orientation of the second image.
20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the feedback includes a third image that illustrates the specified orientation of the second image and the single financial document to include in the second image.
21. A system, comprising:
a processor;
memory; and
a program module, wherein the program module is stored in the memory and configurable to be executed by the processor to facilitate providing feedback about an image of a financial document to a user, the program module including:
instructions for receiving a preview of a first image of the financial document from the user when the user is taking a picture of the financial document using an electronic device;
instructions for, in response to determining that the received preview of the financial document includes multiple financial documents with the same financial-document layout, providing a first real-time guidance to the user, wherein the first real-time guidance instructs the user on improving the first image of the document;
instructions for receiving a second image of the financial document from the user, wherein the second image is an improved version of the first image of the document based on the first real-time guidance to the user;
instructions for analyzing the second image to identify one or more areas in the second image that require further improvement based on a quality metric, wherein the quality metric is based on whether the image includes multiple financial documents with the same financial-document layout; and
instructions for, in response to the analysis, providing a feedback to the user, wherein the feedback provides a second real-time guidance to the user to zoom in on an area in the second image to provide an improved version of the second image, wherein the improved version of the second image includes a single financial document from the multiple financial documents.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Aiming device for guns for rapid and accurate aiming without subjective errors, comprising a cylindrical frame supported by a gun barrel, and a curvilinear transparent plate mounted in said frame so as to be held perpendicular to the axis of said gun barrel,
wherein a critical image appears in said plate when said plate has a predetermined orientation such that the axis of the gun barrel is parallel to the line of sight passing through an eye of a user and a center of said plate, and a deformed image appears in said plate when said plate has an orientation other than said predetermined orientation,
wherein said plate is implemented as\u2014
i. a through bore formed in said frame of a diameter ranging from 3 to 10 mm;
ii. a circular object inserted into said bore and viewable by a user when aiming, said object being inserted around the axis of said bore; and
iii. an air layer defining a bore depth to said object,
wherein a critical image and a deformed image of said object are appearable in said bore,
wherein said bore diameter and said bore depth define a predetermined transition sharpness from said deformed image to said critical image or from said critical image to said deformed image.
2. Aiming device according to claim 1, wherein a cylindrical plate longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the gun barrel axis.
3. Aiming device according to claim 1, wherein the object is configured with a diameter essentially equal to that of the bore diameter.
4. Aiming device according to claim 1, wherein the object is a dye layer.
5. Aiming device according to claim 4, wherein the dye layer is an illuminating layer exposed to ambient light.
6. Aiming device according to claim 5, wherein the bore has reflecting walls.
7. Aiming device according to claim 5, wherein the dye layer has a distal wall that is a frame distal wall.
8. Aiming device according to claim 5, wherein the dye layer is a self-illuminating layer.
9. Aiming device according to claim 1, wherein the bore has a diameter from 4 to 6 mm.
10. Aiming device according to claim 1, wherein the transition between the critical image and the deformed image results in partial or total changes of color.
11. Aiming device according to claim 1, wherein the gun is selected from the group consisting of:
toy guns;
PaintBall guns; and
A gun that is intended to shoot a real, dummy or virtual projectile of any shape to a target.
12. Aiming device according to claim 11, wherein the gun is a hand-held gun.
13. Aiming device according to claim 12, wherein the gun is a rifle.
14. Aiming device according to claim 4, wherein the object is made of a colored material.
15. Aiming device according to claim 14, wherein the colored material is selected from the group of phosphorus materials, fluorescent materials, organic materials, biological luminous materials, and radioactive luminous materials.
16. Aiming device according to claim 15, wherein the biological luminous materials are materials produced by insects, by fireflies, by underwater creatures, or by plants.
17. Aiming device according to claim 16, wherein the radioactive luminous material is Tritium.
18. Aiming device according to claim 4, wherein the object is a night sight or a lenticular indicia set.
19. Aiming method for guns for rapid and accurate aiming without subjective errors, comprising the steps of:
i. providing a curvilinear transparent plate mounted in a cylindrical frame supported by a gun barrel;
ii. aiming the gun at a selected target, a critical image appearing when said plate has a predetermined orientation such that the axis of the gun barrel is parallel to the line of sight passing through an eye of the user and a center of said plate, and a deformed image appearing in said plate when said plate has an orientation other than said predetermined orientation; and
iii. if said visible image is a distorted image, changing the orientation of said plate until said critical image appears,
wherein said plate is implemented as\u2014
a. a through bore formed in said frame of a diameter ranging from 3 to 10 mm;
b. a circular object inserted into said bore and viewable by a user when aiming, said object being inserted around the axis of said bore; and
c. an air layer defining a bore depth to said object;
wherein a critical image and a deformed image of said object are appearable in said bore,
wherein said bore diameter and said bore depth define a transition sharpness from said deformed image to said critical image or from said critical image to said deformed image.
20. Aiming method according to claim 19, which is a single step method by which the user aims the gun until the critical image appears substantially in the entire bore.