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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2010
Offir Gutelzon, Herzlia, IL;
Uri Lavi, Natania, IL;
Ido Omer, Medina, WA (US);
Yael Shor, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Simon Bar, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Golan Pundak, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Offir Gutelzon, Herzlia, IL;
Uri Lavi, Natania, IL;
Ido Omer, Medina, WA (US);
Yael Shor, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Simon Bar, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Golan Pundak, Tel-Aviv, IL;
PicScout (Israel) Ltd., Herzlia Pituach, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for matching a query image against a catalog of images, comprises: a feature extraction unit operative for extracting principle features from said query image; a relationship unit operative for establishing relationships between a given principle feature and other features in the image, and adding said relationships as relationship information alongside said principle features; and a first comparison unit operative for comparing principle features and associated relationship information of said query image with principle features and associated relationship information of images of said catalog to find candidate matches.