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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2006
Applicants:

Blaise H. Aguera Y Arcas, Seattle, WA (US);

Jonathan R. Dughi, Seattle, WA (US);

Bryan Ressler, Sammamish, WA (US);

Ian A. Gilman, Seattle, WA (US);

Alfred Astort, Seattle, WA (US);

David M. Gedye, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Blaise H. Aguera y Arcas, Seattle, WA (US);

Jonathan R. Dughi, Seattle, WA (US);

Bryan Ressler, Sammamish, WA (US);

Ian A. Gilman, Seattle, WA (US);

Alfred Astort, Seattle, WA (US);

David M. Gedye, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06K 9/60 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable media are presented for presenting similar images of a selected image in a user interface. One embodiment of the method can include identifying a selected first image and identifying a selected direction from the first image. Additionally, the method can include calculating a best neighbor metric for each of one or more other images to determine a best neighbor image in the selected direction. Furthermore, the method can include presenting the best neighbor image to a user in a user interface.


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