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Using human intelligence tasks for precise image analysis

  • US 8,873,842 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2011
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network-based system for obtaining information from imagery, the system comprising:

  • an image analysis subsystem configured to;

    present imagery, via a network communication channel, to a plurality of worker interfaces configured to be executed on a respective plurality of network devices, wherein each of the plurality of worker interfaces comprises a user interface configured to;

    display the imagery;

    allow a user to click using a pointer device moving an indicator on a display;

    receive a user click at a click location;

    place a mark on the imagery at the click location;

    remove the mark responsive to a second click at the click location; and

    submit the mark as the user response;

    receive, via the network communication channel, a plurality of user responses regarding the imagery; and

    automatically determine a count of one or more object of interests present in the imagery based on the user responses; and

    a non-spatial correlation subsystem configured to;

    automatically correlate the count of the objects with a non-spatial data; and

    automatically predict a future non-spatial data based on a future count and the correlation between the non-spatial data and the count.

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