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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb, Ossining, NY (US);
Santhana Krishnamachari, Ossining, NY (US);
Philips Electronics North America Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The system builds a database which stores data corresponding to a plurality of images. To begin, the system divides each image into N (N≧1) regions. Then, for each of the N regions, the system calculates a histogram of the region, generates a binary representation of the histogram, and stores data corresponding to the image in a binary tree based on the binary representation. The database may then be used to determine images which are similar to a query image. To do this, the system divides the query image into N regions, each of which corresponds to one of the binary trees in the database. Data corresponding to one or more images in the database is then retrieved from the binary trees based on the N regions. The system then determines which of these images is similar to the query image based on the retrieved data.
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