Shape-based search of a collection of content
US8463036B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/467
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Shape-based search of a collection of content associated with one or more images of inventory items (“inventory images”) is enabled at least in part by associating the collection of content and/or its associated inventory images with representative refinement shapes. Inventory items may be grouped into categories and at least one refinement shape may be created for each of the categories. A refinement-shape hierarchy may be created by arranging the refinement shapes into parent and child refinement shapes. Inventory images may be associated to at least one of the refinement shapes of the refinement-shape hierarchy based at least in part on similarities between the refinement shapes and shapes of the inventory items reflected in the inventory images.
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