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Image query system and method

  • US 5,751,286 A
  • Filed: 01/24/1997
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-executed method for visually specifying an image database query using a computer display device and a user interface that provides output on the computer display device, comprising:

  • displaying an attribute window that contains a control for setting an attribute of an image characteristic;

    displaying an image query window; and

    receiving in the image query window a specification of an image database query that includes one or more depictive representations of image characteristics, each depictive representation representing an image characteristic having at least one attribute.

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