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Automated techniques for comparing contents of images

US7236632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2003
Grant dateJun 26, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Automated techniques for comparing contents of images. For a given image (referred to as an “input image”), a set of images (referred to as “a set of candidate images”) are processed to determine if the set of candidate images comprises an image whose contents or portions thereof match contents included in a region of interest in the input image.

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