Matching text to images
US8503769B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/279
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Text in web pages or other text documents may be classified based on the images or other objects within the webpage. A system for identifying and classifying text related to an object may identify one or more web pages containing the image or similar images, determine topics from the text of the document, and develop a set of training phrases for a classifier. The classifier may be trained and then used to analyze the text in the documents. The training set may include both positive examples and negative examples of text taken from the set of documents. A positive example may include captions or other elements directly associated with the object, while negative examples may include text taken from the documents, but from a large distance from the object. In some cases, the system may iterate on the classification process to refine the results.
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