Visual search using a pluraligy of visual input modal

A visual and search query technology, applied in the field of visual search using multiple visual input modalities, can solve problems affecting the quality and relevance of search results, usability impact, etc., and achieve the effect of improving result quality and performance

Active Publication Date: 2013-01-30
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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This limits the scope of what images can be searched for, which in turn affects the quality and relevance of search results
In addition, usability is affected by the lack of interactive refinement

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[0018] The subject matter of the invention is described herein with specificity to satisfy statutory requirements. However, the description itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. Rather, the inventors have contemplated that the claimed subject matter may also be embodied in other ways, so as to include different steps or combinations of steps similar to those described in this document, in conjunction with other present or future technologies. Moreover, although the terms "step" and / or "block" may be used herein to refer to different elements of the method employed, such terms should not be interpreted as implying a process among or between the various steps disclosed herein. any particular order unless and except when the order of the individual steps is explicitly described.

[0019] The visual search attribute has been shown to be one of the key factors used when users search for certain items, such as clothes. Typically, commercial search engines displ...

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A system, a method and a computer readable storage medium which are used for web scaled visual search and use combination of visual input modals. An edge element index is created and comprises shape descriptors corresponding to every image of a plurality of images, and the shape descriptors comprise expressions based on edge elements. Each expression based on the edge elements comprsies pixels describing edges or border outlines of the images, and is created at least partially through dividing the images into a pluraltiy of image segments and executing polyphase contour detection on every image segment. After search queries having visual query input are received, the visual query input is converted to the shape descriptors containing the expressions based on the edge elements, and the shape descriptors of every image of a plurality of images and containing containing the expressions based on the edge elements are compared with the shape descriptors of the visual query input and containing the expressions based on the edge elements, so as to identify at least one image from the images, matched with the visual query input.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61 / 548,585, filed October 18, 2011, which is incorporated by reference as if set forth in its entirety herein. Background technique [0003] The Internet provides a huge and rapidly growing repository of information and resources through its billions of Web pages. In order to find desired content, computer users often utilize search tools. Exemplary Internet search engines are well known in the art, for example, a commonly known commercial engine is Bing, offered by Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington. ? search engine. Many current commercial image search techniques use text queries to obtain results from large databases of crawled images indexed primarily by text data. This limits the scope of what images can be searched, which in turn affects the quality and relevance of search results. In addition, usability is affected ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
Inventor A.苏德R.普拉萨德A.M.A.H.卡希尔P.K.米什拉S.阿马曹堪澄
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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