Techniques for modifying a query image
US11010421B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for performing an image-based search that allows a user to create a custom query image that expresses the user's search intent. The technique generates the query image based on one or more input images and/or one or more information items that describe at least one desired characteristic of the query image. The technique then submits the query image to a search engine, and, in response, receives a set of candidate images that match the query image. In one implementation, the technique constructs the query image using a decoder neural network that operates on a mixed latent variable vector. In one approach, the technique uses a generative adversarial network (GAN) to produce the decoder neural network.
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