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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:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Laurent Denoue, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tina Schneider, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan Helfman, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Gene Golovchinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Candace Kamm, Mountain View, CA (US);
Laurent Denoue, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tina Schneider, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan Helfman, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Gene Golovchinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Candace Kamm, Mountain View, CA (US);
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention includes systems, methods, and computer readable media for locating, sorting, and modifying images for future use. A conversion engine submits search requests to an image search engine and accepts the received results. The conversion engine arranges the search results according to selected visual characteristics of the image. Editing tools can then convert the results of the image search into vector based images which can be easily manipulated and enable users to modify the re-ranked images for future use.