Generating search requests from multimodal queries
US7457825B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99948
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for generating a search request from a multimodal query that includes a query image and query text is provided. The multimodal query system identifies images of a collection that are textually related to the query image based on similarity between words associated with each image and the query text. The multimodal query system then selects those images of the identified images that are visually related to the query image. The multimodal query system may formulate a search request based on keywords of web pages that contain the selected images and submit that search request to a search engine service.
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