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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2011
Applicants:

Pierre Garrigues, Berkeley, CA (US);

Charles Cadieu, San Francisco, CA (US);

Benjamin Jackson Culpepper, Berkeley, CA (US);

Killian Koepsell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Huy X. Nguyen, Berkeley, CA (US);

Andrew Stadlen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Gerry Pesavento, Davis, CA (US);

David Warland, Davis, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pierre Garrigues, Berkeley, CA (US);

Charles Cadieu, San Francisco, CA (US);

Benjamin Jackson Culpepper, Berkeley, CA (US);

Killian Koepsell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Huy X. Nguyen, Berkeley, CA (US);

Andrew Stadlen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Gerry Pesavento, Davis, CA (US);

David Warland, Davis, CA (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30244 (2013.01); Y10S 707/915 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for tagging an image comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to analyze an image associated with an image query using one or more computer vision analysis types to determine zero or more computer vision matches. Each computer vision match has one or more associated computer vision tags. In the event that it is determined that there are zero computer vision matches, the processor is further configured to analyze the image associated with the image query using a human vision analysis system to determine zero or more human vision matches. Each human vision match has one or more associated human vision tags. A memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.


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