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SKETCH-BASED IMAGE SEARCH

  • US 20120054177A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2010
  • Published: 03/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a processor in communication with computer-readable storage media;

    an index maintained in the computer-readable storage media, the index comprising a first set of oriented points associated with image curves detected for a plurality of images, each oriented point specifying a position and a direction of a curve at the position;

    a user interface component to receive a query curve as a search query input; and

    a matching component, maintained in the computer-readable storage media and executed on the processor, for matching a second set of oriented points based at least in part on the query curve with the index, the matching component identifying at least one image of the plurality of images based at least in part on the matching.

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