Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image entity recognition and response
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Application No.: US14700027Application Date: 2015-04-29
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Publication No.: US10402446B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Udyavara Srikanth Kamath , Minghua Zhang , Ming Wu , Ankush Bindlish
- Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC , Udyavara Srikanth Kamath , Minghua Zhang , Ming Wu , Ankush Bindlish
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: International IP Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F16/583
- IPC: G06F16/583 ; G06F16/532 ; G06K9/62 ; G06F16/58

Abstract:
Systems and methods for responding to an image query from a computer user are provided. According to the disclosed subject matter, in response to receiving an image query, a search engine identifies the subject matter of the query image according to similar images. An entity name is determined from the similar images and is mapped to a known entity of the search engine. Based on the known entity, related information regarding the known entity is obtained and one or more search results pages directed to the known entity are generated. At least one of the generated search results pages is returned to the computer user as a response to the image query.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160321300A1 IMAGE ENTITY RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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