Automatic discovery of popular landmarks
US10289643B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T7/97
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment the present invention is a method for populating and updating a database of images of landmarks including geo-clustering geo-tagged images according to geographic proximity to generate one or more geo-clusters, and visual-clustering the one or more geo-clusters according to image similarity to generate one or more visual clusters. In another embodiment, the present invention is a system for identifying landmarks from digital images, including the following components: a database of geo-tagged images; a landmark database; a geo-clustering module; and a visual clustering module. In other embodiments the present invention may be a method of enhancing user queries to retrieve images of landmarks, or a method of automatically tagging a new digital image with text labels.
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