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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Edward Y. Chang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kwang-ting Cheng, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Edward Y. Chang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kwang-Ting Cheng, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Vima Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of learning user query concept for searching visual images encoded in computer readable storage media comprising: providing a multiplicity of sample images encoded in a computer readable medium; providing a multiplicity of sample expressions that correspond to sample images and in which terms of the sample expressions represent features of corresponding sample images; defining a user query concept sample space bounded by a boundary k-CNF expression and by a boundary k-DNF expression refining the user query concept sample space by, soliciting user feedback as to which of the multiple presented sample images are close to the user's query concept; removing from the boundary k-CNF expression disjunctive terms based upon the solicited user feedback; and removing from the boundary k-DNF expression respective conjunctive terms based upon the solicited user feedback.
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