Searching of Images Based Upon Visual Similarity

Patent №

US 9,846,708

Granted

2017-12-19

Filed 2013

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

4

nlp · vision · kr · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14137756

Provided are techniques for selecting an image for comparison with a plurality of images; specifying one or more visual criterion for searching the plurality of images, wherein the visual criteria are based upon a visual similarity between the image and the plurality of images; searching the plurality of images based upon the criteria to identify a subset of the plurality of images that meet a threshold with respect to the visual similarity; and displaying in a graphical user interface the subset of images.

AI classification

Vision1.00
AI hardware0.93
Natural language0.89
Knowledge representation0.81
Planning0.48
Machine learning0.30
Evolutionary computation0.03
Speech0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 318350220

Assignors

SPIELBERG, ANTHONY C.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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