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Image-based search engine for mobile phones with camera

  • US 7,565,139 B2
  • Filed: 05/13/2005
  • Issued: 07/21/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for updating object representations in an image database, the method comprising:

  • receiving an image of an object from a client device associated with a user, the receiving of the image constituting a first user query for information related to the object;

    recognizing the object using an image recognition engine and an image database, the image database storing object identifiers in association with objects;

    associating, from the image database, an object identifier with the recognized object;

    transmitting to the client device associated with the user, information related to the recognized object;

    receiving an indication of whether the user accepted the transmitted information as being relevant to the object; and

    responsive to a computed confidence measure of the recognition of the object exceeding a given threshold, storing the image of the object in the image database in association with the object identifier;

    wherein the confidence measure is computed at least in part based on the indication that the user accepted the transmitted information as being relevant to the object.

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