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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Wei Zhu, Rochester, NY (US);
Rajiv Mehrotra, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for retrieving digital patterns similar to a query pattern operates by generating representations of each digital pattern in terms of one or more color invariant properties; storing and organizing the patterns and their representations in a database; and searching the database by reference to the representations to identify and retrieve patterns similar to the query pattern. A preferred color invariant property is an edge property of the digital patterns. A web-based pattern registration and searching architecture enables on-line pattern search and selection utilizing a variety of pattern representations and similarity techniques, including the edge property based system described above.