Image Categorization Database and Related Applications
First Claim
1. A method for operating a human-made system including one or more CPU'"'"'s, one or more I/O devices, and one or more memories, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a knowledge structure including a language file organizing mechanism, and more than one language element files, wherein the language element files include identifying information and knowledge information;
establishing an image database structure; and
establishing an executing system.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a new way of categorizing and searching image files. More specially, the present invention provides a system and method that can provide image categorization in a game like environment wherein the participants can freely input language units that describe or refer to corresponding images, wherein the inputted language units can be categorized and corresponding scores will be given according to the which categories the inputted language units fall into, wherein an image categorization database can be established and images can be searched according to the various types of categorization, and the categories of the language units in the image database can be used to rank image search results.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for operating a human-made system including one or more CPU'"'"'s, one or more I/O devices, and one or more memories, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a knowledge structure including a language file organizing mechanism, and more than one language element files, wherein the language element files include identifying information and knowledge information; establishing an image database structure; and
establishing an executing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A human-made system including one or more CPU'"'"'s, one or more I/O devices, and one or more memories, comprising a knowledge structure, including a language file organizing mechanism, and more than one language element files, wherein the language element files include identifying information and knowledge information;
- and an image database structure.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An image database structure system including one or more CPU'"'"'s, one or more I/O devices, and one or more memories comprising:
- an image identification zone, an image file address zone, an image feature zone for image characteristics values, more than one categorized zones for language units related in meaning with the images, and an image database organizing mechanism.
- View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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