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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Chung-i Lee, New Taipei, TW;
Chien-fa Yeh, New Taipei, TW;
Wei-qing Xiao, Shenzhen, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gold Charm Limited, Apia, WS;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/60 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30256 (2013.01); G06F 17/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image retrieval method applies an application server, one or more calculating servers, and a sorting server to perform image retrieval. The application server extracts visual features of an exemplary image. The one or more calculating servers calculate similarities of available images according to the visual features of the exemplary image. The sorting server sorts the available images according to the similarities so as to obtain images similar to the exemplary image.