Annotating images
First Claim
1. A method of image annotation performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving an input image in the data processing apparatus;
identifying a plurality of nearest neighbor images of the input image from among a collection of digital images stored on computer-readable media by operation of the data processing apparatus, wherein each of the nearest neighbor images is associated with a respective one or more image labels;
assigning a plurality of image labels to the input image, wherein the plurality of image labels are selected by the data processing apparatus from the image labels associated with the nearest neighbor images,ranking one or more first image labels according to a respective frequency of occurrence in the collection of digital images, wherein each of the one or more first image labels is associated with a first nearest neighbor image;
ranking one or more second image labels, each of the second image labels being associated with one or more remaining nearest neighbor images, wherein ranking of the one or more second image labels comprises sorting the one or more second image labels according to a co-occurrence of each of the second image labels with each first image label in the collection of digital images,and wherein assigning the plurality of image labels comprises (1) assigning at least one of the first image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more first image labels and (2) assigning at least one of the second image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more second image labels; and
storing in a digital data repository the input image having the assigned plurality of image labels.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating data for annotating images automatically. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an input image, identifying one or more nearest neighbor images of the input image from among a collection of images, in which each of the one or more nearest neighbor images is associated with a respective one or more image labels, assigning a plurality of image labels to the input image, in which the plurality of image labels are selected from the image labels associated with the one or more nearest neighbor images, and storing in a data repository the input image having the assigned plurality of image labels. In another aspect, a method includes assigning a single image label to the input image, in which the single image label is selected from labels associated with multiple ranked nearest neighbor images.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of image annotation performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving an input image in the data processing apparatus; identifying a plurality of nearest neighbor images of the input image from among a collection of digital images stored on computer-readable media by operation of the data processing apparatus, wherein each of the nearest neighbor images is associated with a respective one or more image labels; assigning a plurality of image labels to the input image, wherein the plurality of image labels are selected by the data processing apparatus from the image labels associated with the nearest neighbor images, ranking one or more first image labels according to a respective frequency of occurrence in the collection of digital images, wherein each of the one or more first image labels is associated with a first nearest neighbor image; ranking one or more second image labels, each of the second image labels being associated with one or more remaining nearest neighbor images, wherein ranking of the one or more second image labels comprises sorting the one or more second image labels according to a co-occurrence of each of the second image labels with each first image label in the collection of digital images, and wherein assigning the plurality of image labels comprises (1) assigning at least one of the first image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more first image labels and (2) assigning at least one of the second image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more second image labels; and storing in a digital data repository the input image having the assigned plurality of image labels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a server implemented on one or more computers and operable to perform operations comprising; receiving an input image in the server; identifying a purality of nearest neighbor images of the input image from among a collection of digital images stored on computer-readable media by operation of the server, wherein each of the nearest neighbor images is associated with a respective one or more image labels; assigning a plurality of image labels to the input image, wherein the plurality of image labels are selected by the server from the image labels associated with the nearest neighbor images, ranking one or more first image labels according to a respective frequency of occurrence in the collection of digital images, wherein each of the one or more first image labels is associated with a first nearest neighbor image; ranking one or more second image labels, each of the second image labels being associated with one or more remaining nearest neighbor images, wherein ranking of the one or more second image labels comprises sorting the one or more second image labels according to a co-occurrence of each of the second image labels with each first image label in the collection of digital images, and wherein assigning the plurality of image labels comprises (1) assigning at least one of the first image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more first image labels and (2) assigning at least one of the second image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more second image labels; and storing in a digital data repository the input image having the assigned plurality of image labels. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an input image in the data processing apparatus; identifying a plurality of nearest neighbor images of the input image from among a collection of digital images stored on computer-readable media by operation of the data processing apparatus, wherein each of the one or more nearest neighbor images is associated with a respective one or more image labels; assigning a plurality of image labels to the input image, wherein the plurality of image labels are selected by the data processing apparatus from the image labels associated with the nearest neighbor images, ranking one or more first image labels according to a respective frequency of occurrence in the collection of digital images, wherein each of the one or more first image labels is associated with a first nearest neighbor image; ranking one or more second image labels, each of the second image labels being associated with one or more remaining nearest neighbor images, wherein ranking of the one or more second image labels comprises sorting the one or more second image labels according to a co-occurrence of each of the second image labels with each first image label in the collection of digital images, and wherein assigning the plurality of image labels comprises (1) assigning at least one of the first image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more first image labels and (2) assigning at least one of the second image labels to the input image based on the ranking of the one or more second image labels; and storing in a digital data repository the input image having the assigned plurality of image labels. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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