Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Approaches for associating terms with image regions
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Application No.: US14572532Application Date: 2014-12-16
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Publication No.: US09697234B1Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Arnab Sanat Kumar Dhua , Himanshu Arora , Sunil Ramesh
- Applicant: A9.com, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
- Current Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/20
- IPC: G06F17/20 ; G06K9/00 ; G06K9/46 ; G06F17/30 ; G06N7/00

Abstract:
A computing device can determine visual words for images in a first set of images associated with a description that includes a term. Each visual word can describe pixels in an image. The device can determine visual words for images in a second set of images that are associated with a description that does not include the term. The device can determine a set of visual words that are associated with the term. The device can determine regions in images corresponding to visual words in the set of visual words. The device can associate the respective determined regions for the images with the term in a database. When a search query is received that includes an image that is determined to be associated with the term, the database can be utilized to determine images responsive to the query by identifying images that are also associated with the term.
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