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Object search method and apparatus

  • US 10,311,115 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2014
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object search method implemented by a terminal communicatively coupled to a server, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the terminal, voice input and gesture input from a user;

    determining, by the terminal, a name of a target object for which the user expects to search and a characteristic category of the target object according to the voice input;

    determining, by the terminal, whether the name of the target object and the characteristic category of the target object correspond to a preset category;

    extracting, by the terminal, extracted characteristic information locally on the terminal according to the name of the target object, the characteristic category of the target object, and an image corresponding to the gesture input and sending the extracted characteristic information and the name of the target object to the server when the name of the target object and the characteristic category of the target object correspond to the preset category;

    sending, by the terminal, the name of the target object, the characteristic category of the target object, and the image corresponding to the gesture input to the server to enable the server to extract the extracted characteristic information when the name of the target object and the characteristic category of the target object do not correspond to the preset category;

    receiving, by the terminal, a search result from the server that corresponds to the extracted characteristic information and the image corresponding to the gesture input; and

    displaying, by the terminal, the search result.

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