Image description system and method
First Claim
1. A system for generating a description record from image information, comprising:
- at least one image input interface for receiving said image information;
a computer processor coupled to said at least one image input interface for receiving said image information therefrom, processing said image information by performing image object extraction processing to generate image object descriptions from said image information, processing said generated image object descriptions by object hierarchy construction and extraction processing to generate image object hierarchy descriptions, and processing said generated image object descriptions by entity relation graph generation processing to generate entity relation graph descriptions, wherein at least one description record including said image object descriptions, said image object hierarchy descriptions and said entity relation graph descriptions is generated to represent content embedded within said image information; and
a data storage system, operatively coupled to said processor, for storing said at least one description record.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for describing image content establish image description records which include an object set (24), an object hierarchy (26) and entity relation graphs (28). For image content, image objects can include global objects (O0 8) and local objects (O1 2 and O2 6). The image objects are further defined by a number of features of different classes (36, 38 and 40), which in turn are further defined by a number of feature descriptors. The relationships between and among the objects in the object set are defined by the object hierarchy (26) and entity relation graphs (28). The image description records provide a standard vehicle for describing the content and context of image information for subsequent access and processing by computer applications such as search engines, filters, and archive systems.
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64 Claims
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1. A system for generating a description record from image information, comprising:
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at least one image input interface for receiving said image information; a computer processor coupled to said at least one image input interface for receiving said image information therefrom, processing said image information by performing image object extraction processing to generate image object descriptions from said image information, processing said generated image object descriptions by object hierarchy construction and extraction processing to generate image object hierarchy descriptions, and processing said generated image object descriptions by entity relation graph generation processing to generate entity relation graph descriptions, wherein at least one description record including said image object descriptions, said image object hierarchy descriptions and said entity relation graph descriptions is generated to represent content embedded within said image information; and a data storage system, operatively coupled to said processor, for storing said at least one description record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for generating a description record from image information, comprising the steps of:
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receiving said image information; processing said image information by performing image object extraction processing to generate image object descriptions from said image information; processing said generated image object descriptions by object hierarchy construction and extraction processing to generate image object hierarchy descriptions; processing said generated image object descriptions by entity relation graph generation processing to generate entity relation graph descriptions, wherein at least one description record including said image object descriptions, said image object hierarchy descriptions and said entity relation graph descriptions is generated to represent content embedded within said image information; and storing said at least one description record. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer readable media containing digital information with at least one description record representing image content embedded within corresponding image information, the at least one description record comprising:
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one or more image object descriptions generated from said image information using image object extraction processing; one or more image object hierarchy descriptions generated from said generated image object descriptions using object hierarchy construction and extraction processing; and one or more entity relation graph descriptions generated from said generated image object descriptions using entity relation graph generation processing. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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