Identifying Content in Electronic Images

• US 20140306986A1
• Filed: 04/12/2013
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gottesman, Frederick, Clune, David, Andrews, James, Gevka, Igor, Shukla, Satwik
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,933 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/413 Classification of content, e.g. text, photographs or tables

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an electronic image comprising a surface area and dividing the electronic image into a plurality of surfaces. The method further includes determining that one or more of the surfaces comprise a type of graphics, and determining a percentage of the surface area of the image that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise the type of graphics.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by one or more computing devices, accessing an electronic image comprising a surface area;

by one or more computing devices, dividing the electronic image into a plurality of surfaces;

by one or more computing devices, determining that one or more of the surfaces comprise a type of graphics; and

by one or more computing devices, determining a percentage of the surface area of the image that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise the type of graphics.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that one or more of the surfaces comprise a type of graphics comprises:

displaying the divided electronic image to a user; and

receiving input from the user indicating that the one or more of the surfaces comprise the type of graphics.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

by one or more computing devices, providing the determination that one or more of the surfaces comprise the type of graphics as training input to an image-processing algorithm.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the type of graphics comprises text.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining that one or more of the surfaces comprises text comprises:

determining whether the amount of text comprising at least one of the one or more surfaces is greater than a predetermined amount; and

when the amount of text is greater than the predetermined amount, determining that the one of the one or more surfaces comprises text.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the image comprises an advertisement.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising determining whether the percentage of the surface area of the advertisement that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise the type of graphics exceeds a predetermined percentage, wherein the type of graphics comprises text.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

by one or more computing devices, prohibiting the advertisement from display to a user when the percentage of the surface area of the advertisement that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise text exceeds the predetermined percentage.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

by one or more computing devices, adjusting the size or location of at least some of the text when the percentage of the surface area of the advertisement that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise text exceeds the predetermined percentage.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of surfaces has a different size or shape than at least one other one of the plurality of surfaces.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a size or shape of at least one of the plurality of surfaces is determined based on an estimate of a size or shape of at least part of the type of graphics the surface comprises.

12. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

access an electronic image comprising a surface area;

divide the electronic image into a plurality of surfaces;

determine that one or more of the surfaces comprise a type of graphics; and

determine a percentage of the surface area of the image that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise the type of graphics.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein the software that is operable when executed to determine that one or more of the surfaces comprise a type of graphics comprises software that is operable when executed to:

display the divided electronic image to a user; and

receive input from the user indicating that the one or more of the surfaces comprise the type of graphics.

14. The media of claim 12, wherein the software is further operable when executed to:

provide the determination that one or more of the surfaces comprise the type of graphics as training input to an image-processing algorithm.

15. The media of claim 12, wherein the type of graphics comprises text.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the software that is operable when executed to determine that one or more of the surfaces comprise text comprises software that is operable when executed to:

determine whether the amount of text comprising at least one of the one or more surfaces is greater than a predetermined amount; and

when the amount of text is greater than the predetermined amount, determine that the one of the one or more surfaces comprises text.

17. The media of claim 12, wherein the image comprises an advertisement.

18. The media of claim 17, wherein the software is further operable when executed to:

determine whether the percentage of the surface area of the advertisement that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise the type of graphics exceeds a predetermined percentage, wherein the type of graphics comprises text.

19. The media of claim 18, wherein the software is further operable when executed to:

prohibit the advertisement from display to a user when the percentage of the surface area of the advertisement that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise text exceeds the predetermined percentage.

20. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

access an electronic image comprising a surface area;

divide the electronic image into a plurality of surfaces;

determine that one or more of the surfaces comprise a type of graphics; and

determine a percentage of the surface area of the image that is occupied by the one or more surfaces determined to comprise the type of graphics.