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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2008
Xian-sheng Hua, Beijing, CN;
Guo-jun Qi, Beijing, CN;
Yong Rui, Sammamish, WA (US);
Hong-jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Xian-Sheng Hua, Beijing, CN;
Guo-Jun Qi, Beijing, CN;
Yong Rui, Sammamish, WA (US);
Hong-Jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Kernelized spatial-contextual image classification is disclosed. One embodiment comprises generating a first spatial-contextual model to represent a first image, the first spatial-contextual model having a plurality of interconnected nodes arranged in a first pattern of connections with each node connected to at least one other node, generating a second spatial-contextual model to represent a second image using the first pattern of connections, and estimating the distance between corresponding nodes in the first spatial-contextual model and the second spatial-contextual model based on a relationship with adjacent connected nodes to determine a distance between the first image and the second image.