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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Ming Jing LI, Beijing, CN;
Wei-ying MA, Beijing, CN;
Zhiwei LI, Beijing, CN;
Bin Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Ming Jing Li, Beijing, CN;
Wei-Ying Ma, Beijing, CN;
Zhiwei Li, Beijing, CN;
Bin Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An object search system generates a hierarchical clustering of objects of a collection based on similarity of the objects. The object search system generates a separate hierarchical clustering of objects for multiple features of the objects. To identify objects similar to a target object, the object search system first generates a feature vector for the target object. For each feature of the feature vector, the object search system uses the hierarchical clustering of objects to identify the cluster of objects that is most 'feature similar' to that feature of the target object. The object search system indicates the similarity of each candidate object based on the features for which the candidate object is similar.