Methods and systems for attaching keywords to images based on database statistics
First Claim
1. A method for adding identifying keywords to images stored within a database, comprising the steps of:
- comparing a new image provided by a user to images stored in a database; and
automatically offering a user a set of keywords associated with stored images that most closely match the new image that is based on image comparison results derived from said step of comparing, wherein said offering is based on the time of entry for the similar images and the number of occurrences of similar images when compared to the new image that have been historically processed by the database as indicated by database statistics provided by a database statistics module wherein the database statistics module is not part of the database.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for adding identifying keywords to images stored within a database. A new image is compared to other images stored in a database using content based image retrieval methods. A user is automatically offered a set of keywords associated with stored images that most closely match the new image based on the comparison. The user can accept keywords contained in the offer or enter alternative keywords for the new image. A system can include a database adapted for storing images, a content based image retrieval module for providing text-associated image archiving, image management and image retrieval capabilities, database statistics module for providing statistical analysis regarding the number and type of images and metadata stored in the database, and a user interface (UI) adapted for providing user intervention during image archiving and further enables user acceptance of system suggestions, user selection of system suggestions, and enables user entry of user-provided keywords for association with images.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for adding identifying keywords to images stored within a database, comprising the steps of:
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comparing a new image provided by a user to images stored in a database; and
automatically offering a user a set of keywords associated with stored images that most closely match the new image that is based on image comparison results derived from said step of comparing, wherein said offering is based on the time of entry for the similar images and the number of occurrences of similar images when compared to the new image that have been historically processed by the database as indicated by database statistics provided by a database statistics module wherein the database statistics module is not part of the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for adding identifying keywords to images stored within a database, comprising:
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(a) comparing a new image provided by a user to images stored in a database;
(b) automatically offering a user a set of keywords associated with stored images that most closely match the new image that is based on database statistics provided by a database statistics module and on image comparison as provided in step (a) wherein the database statistics module is not part of the database; and
(c) enabling the user to either accept keywords contained in the offer or to enter alternative keywords for the new image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a database adapted for storing images;
a content-based image retrieval module in association with the database and adapted for providing text-associated image archiving, image management and image retrieval capabilities;
a database statistics module for providing statistical data regarding the number and type of images and metadata stored in the database wherein the database statistics module is updated whenever an image is added to or removed from the database such that the database statistics module remains current and wherein the database statistics module is not part of the database; and
a user interface (UI) adapted for providing user intervention during image archiving and further enables user acceptance of system suggestions, user selection of system suggestions, and enables user entry of user-provided keywords for association with images. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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