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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Brett D. Brewer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric B. Watson, Redmond, WA (US);
Randall J. Macbeth, Edmonds, WA (US);
Nicholas A. Whyte, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Brett D. Brewer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric B. Watson, Redmond, WA (US);
Randall J. Macbeth, Edmonds, WA (US);
Nicholas A. Whyte, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An image query system, and associated method and computer program product are disclosed that enhance and accelerate image-based querying. To this end, the present invention presents a digital image query with implict and explicit associated metadata and retrieval of visually similar images or other pertinent information from a large collection of images stored on local, networked, or web-linked repositories.