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Scalable near duplicate image search with geometric constraints

US8787680B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 2012
Grant dateJul 22, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/751
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods are disclosed for finding images from a large corpus of images that at least partially match a query image. The present method makes use of feature detectors to bundle features into local groups or bundles. These bundled features are repeatable and much more discriminative than an individual SIFT feature. Equally importantly, the bundled features provide a flexible representation that allows simple and robust geometric constraints to be efficiently enforced when querying the index.

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