Patent · US Active

System and method for enabling image recognition and searching of images

US7657100B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Like.com · US

Inventors

Salih Burak Gokturk · Palo Alto, US
Baris Sumengen · New York, US
Diem Vu · Mountain View, US
Navneet Dalal · Atherton, US
Danny Yang · Palo Alto, US
Xiaofan Lin · Palo Alto, US
Azhar Khan · San Francisco, US
Munjal Shah · Los Altos, US
Dragomir Anguelov · San Francisco, US
Lorenzo Torresani · Goodrich Four Corners, US
Vincent O. Vanhoucke · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2007
Grant date	Feb 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/915
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments programmatically analyze each of a plurality of images in order to determine one or more visual characteristics about an item shown in each of the plurality of images. Data is stored corresponding to the one or more visual characteristics. An interface in is provided for which a user is able to specify one or more search criteria. In response to receiving the one or more search criteria, a search operation is performed to identify one or more items that have a visual characteristic that satisfies at least some of the one or more search criteria.

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