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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Swaminathan Balasubramanian, Troy, MI (US);
Radha Mohan De, Howrah, IN;
Mamnoon Jamil, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Jian Wu, Mansfield, TX (US);
Cheranellore Vasudevan, Bastrop, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented method of performing an electronic search. The computer-implemented method includes receiving, using a processor, a composite electronic image including a plurality of electronically identifiable objects, wherein the composite electronic image is associated with a user. The processor is used to segment the composite electronic image into sub-images by providing at least one of the sub-images for each of the plurality of electronically identifiable objects. For each of the sub-images, the processor is used to perform personalized sub-image search operations. The personalized sub-image search operations include selecting a sub-image-to-be-searched from among the sub-images; associating the sub-image-to-be-searched with personalized metadata of the user; and searching, based at least in part on the personalized metadata of the user, a database to return a set of search images.