Image-based search engine for mobile phones with camera
First Claim
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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Abstract
An image-based information retrieval system is disclosed that includes a mobile telephone and a remote server. The mobile telephone has a built-in camera and a communication link for transmitting an image from the built-in camera to the remote server. The remote server has an optical character recognition engine for generating a first confidence value based on an image from the mobile telephone, an object recognition engine for generating a second confidence value based on an image from the mobile telephone, a face recognition engine for generating a third confidence value based on an image from the mobile telephone, and an integrator module for receiving the first, second, and third confidence values and generating a recognition output.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for updating object representations in an image database, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A recognition computer server system for updating object representations in an image database, the recognition computer server system adapted to perform actions comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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