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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:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2006
Applicant:
Kelly Thompson, Calgary, CA;
Inventor:
Kelly Thompson, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Getty Images, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for automatically analyzing and searching a database of images or other digital content includes a process for analyzing images to identify portions capable of receiving text. In one implementation user input is received, where the user input helps construct a profile matrix representing image features desired by the user. The constructed profile matrix is compared to profile matrices of the database of images, and images are retrieved with profile matrices corresponding to the constructed profile matrix.