Computer vision and image characteristic search
US11250487B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Robinson Piramuthu
- Timothy Keefer
- Kenneth Crookston
- Ashmeet Singh Rekhi
- Niaz Ahamed Khaja Nazimudeen
- Padmapriya Gudipati
- Shane Lin
- John Weigel
- Fujun Zhong
- Suchitra Ramesh
- Mohammadhadi Kiapour
- Shuai Zheng
- Alberto Ordonez Pereira
- Ravindra Surya Lanka
- Md Atiq ul Islam
- Nicholas Whyte
- Giridharan Iyengar
- Bryan Allen Plummer
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0631
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Computer vision and image characteristic search is described. The described system leverages visual search techniques by determining visual characteristics of objects depicted in images and comparing the determined characteristics to visual characteristics of other images, e.g., to identify similar visual characteristics in the other images. In some aspects, the described system performs searches that leverage a digital image as part of a search query to locate digital content of interest. In some aspects, the described system surfaces multiple user interface instrumentalities that include images of patterns, textures, or materials and that are selectable to initiate a visual search of digital content having a similar pattern, texture, or material. The described aspects also include pattern-based authentication in which the system determines authenticity of an item in an image based on a similarity of its visual characteristics to visual characteristics of known authentic items.
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