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The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitat

The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a programmable device by employing specialized visual feedback. The present invention also relates to a new interface and method of interfacing with a programmable device, which is usable as an interface for a programmable video cassette recorder.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for identifying image data comprising the steps of:processing the image data to identify an image of an object represented therein;creating, from the processed object image data, a plurality of accessible mapped ranges corresponding to different subsets of the pr

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for identifying image data comprising the steps of:processing the image data to identify an image of an object represented therein;creating, from the processed object image data, a plurality of accessible mapped ranges corresponding to different subsets of the processed object image data;assigning at least one identifier to corresponding ones of the mapped ranges, each of the identifiers specifying for the corresponding mapped range a procedure and a corresponding subset of the processed object image data;executing, for a plurality of the mapped ranges, a corresponding procedure upon a subset of the processed object image data which corresponds to the mapped ranges;selecting at least one of the mapped ranges corresponding to a portion of the processed obiect image data;representing the processed object image data as a set of the identifiers of the selected mapped ranges;providing data relating to a plurality of templates, said template data being processed analogously to the processed object image data and being represented as a set of identifiers of selected mapped ranges and corresponding procedures; andmatching the represented set of identifiers with it least one of said plurality of templates based on a processed object image-to-template correspondence.