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Supervised re-ranking for visual search

US8543521B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2011
Grant dateSep 24, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/5866
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Supervised re-ranking for visual search may include re-ordering images that are returned in response to a text-based image search by exploiting visual information included in the images. In one example, supervised re-ranking for visual search may include receiving a textual query, obtaining an initial ranking result including a plurality of images corresponding to the textual query, and representing the textual query by a visual context of the plurality of images. A query-independent re-ranking model may be trained based on visual re-ranking features of the plurality of images of the textual query in accordance with a supervised training algorithm.

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