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Shape-based search of a collection of content

  • US 8,787,679 B1
  • Filed: 06/07/2013
  • Issued: 07/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,providing for display a plurality of refinement shapes configured to represent different types of shapes of a particular item available for selection by a user;

    causing a plurality of images of inventory items to be associated with at least one of the plurality of refinement shapes based at least in part on similarities between a first plurality of texture histogram descriptors associated with the refinement shapes and a second plurality of texture histogram descriptors associated with the inventory items;

    receiving information for a search request specifying at least one of the refinement shapes; and

    providing search results including at least a reference to at least one of the images of the inventory items associated with the at least one of the refinement shapes specified in the search request.

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