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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Zhu LI, Palatine, IL (US);
Bhavan Gandhi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Brett L. Lindsley, Wheaton, IL (US);
Zhu Li, Palatine, IL (US);
Bhavan Gandhi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Brett L. Lindsley, Wheaton, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A search system () for a database () including records having a multiple disparate types of media is provided. The search system supports queries, that include different types of search criteria, including content based retrieval search criteria. A fuzzy logic method () is provided for effectively combining the results of different types of search criteria. The fuzzy logic method also allows confidence levels entered by the user for search criteria to be considered in combining results. Retrieval relevance values for documents for at least some search criteria are used in the fuzzy logic method. For content based image retrieval searches, the retrieval relevance values are computed by mapping a distance between quantitative characterizations of a search basis image, and other images into a finite range.