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Object information derived from object images

  • US 8,218,873 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2011
  • Issued: 07/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An information retrieval system comprising:

  • a device connection coupled with a device configured to acquire a digital representation of a scene; and

    an identification server configured to;

    obtain the digital representation from the device over the device connection;

    recognize an object within the scene based on the digital representation;

    derive object attributes associated with the object based at least in part on the digital representation;

    derive a query targeting a search engine indexing system based on the object attributes; and

    cause the query to be submitted to a search engine that is configured to cause a results set from the query to be transmitted back to the device.

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