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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. 27, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Mingjing LI, Beijing, CN;
Lei Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Yanfeng Sun, Beijing, CN;
Hong-jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
David R. Parlin, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Mingjing Li, Beijing, CN;
Lei Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Yanfeng Sun, Beijing, CN;
Hong-Jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
David R. Parlin, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06K 9/60 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for comparing two digital images is described. The process includes comparing texture moment data for the two images to provide a similarity index, combining the similarity index with other data to provide a similarity value and determining that the two images match when the similarity value exceeds a first threshold value.