Visual Search Query Replacement Using Images for Precise Intent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Search queries often fail to capture the user's visual intent due to descriptive terms that do not provide specific search results, necessitating a more comprehensive multimodal search approach.
Innovation Solution
A computing system processes text data to identify visually-descriptive terms, provides an image-selection interface, and allows users to replace these terms with images, enhancing the search query with visual data to improve search results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If text-based search queries are used, then the search interface is simple and easy to operate, but the search results fail to capture specific visual intent and lack precision
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines text-based search queries with image-based visual search into a unified multimodal search interface. The system merges the simplicity of text input with the precision of image recognition by allowing users to input both text descriptions and images, then processing them together to generate comprehensive search results that capture both semantic and visual intent.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional single-dimension text search to multi-dimensional multimodal search by adding the image dimension. This allows the system to process queries along multiple dimensions (textual semantics and visual features simultaneously), thereby capturing complex visual intent that text alone cannot express while maintaining interface simplicity through integrated input methods.
2Measurement precision
If descriptive terms are used in search queries, then the search interface remains simple, but the queries do not provide specific enough search results
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an image as an intermediary element that mediates between the user's visual intent and the search results. Instead of requiring users to craft complex descriptive text, they can upload an image that serves as a precise visual descriptor, which the system then processes to find matching results, thereby achieving high specificity without increasing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses image copying/uploading as a direct representation of visual intent rather than relying on text descriptions. By allowing users to copy or upload images directly into the search interface, the system obtains precise visual data that accurately represents what the user is searching for, eliminating the ambiguity inherent in descriptive text while keeping the operation simple (drag-and-drop or upload button).
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AI summary
Systems and methods for textual replacement can include the determination of a visual intent, which can trigger an interface for selecting an image to replace visual descriptors. The visually descriptive terms can be identified, and an indicator can be provided to indicate the text replacement option may be initiated. An image can then be selected by a user to replace the visually descriptive terms.