Visual image database search engine which allows for different schema
March 28, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesImage retrieval method and apparatus using annotations as guidance information Information retrieval apparatus and interface for retrieval of mapping information utilizing hand-drawn retrieval requests Image query system and method User interface technique for producing a second image in the spatial context of a first image using a model-based operation Still picture search/retrieval method carried out on the basis of color information and system for carrying out the same Image query system and method Patent #: 5751286 InventorsApplicationNo. 828360 filed on 03/28/1997US Classes:707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)707/104.1Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)ExaminersPrimary: Kulik, Paul V.Assistant: Homere, Jean R. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 017/30AbstractA system and method for content-based search and retrieval of visual objects. A base visual information retrieval (VIR) engine utilizes a set of universal primitives to operate on the visual objects. An extensible VIR engine allows custom, modular primitives to be defined and registered. A custom primitive addresses domain specific problems and can utilize any image understanding technique. Object attributes can be extracted over the entire image or over only a portion of the object. A schema is defined as a specific collection of primitives. A specific schema implies a specific set of visual features to be processed and a corresponding feature vector to be used for content-based similarity scoring. A primitive registration interface registers custom primitives and facilitates storing of an analysis function and a comparison function to a schema table. A heterogeneous comparison allows objects analyzed by different schemas to be compared if at least one primitive is in common between the schemas. A threshold-based comparison is utilized to improve performance of the VIR engine. A distance between two feature vectors is computed in any of the comparison processes so as to generate a similarity score.Other References
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