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System and method for search portions of objects in images and features thereof

US8345982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Google LLC · 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	Dec 28, 2009
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/949
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments enable searching of portions of objects in images, including programmatically analyzing each image in a collection in order to determine image data that, for individual images in the collection, represents one or more visual characteristics of a portion of an object shown in that image. A user is enabled to specify one or more search criteria that includes image data, and a search result may be determined based on one or more images in the collection that show a corresponding object that has a portion that satisfies a threshold. The threshold is defined at least in part by the one or more search criteria.

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