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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Liangliang Cao, Amherst, MA (US);
Noel C. F. Codella, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Gang Hua, Livingston, NJ (US);
Gong Leiguang, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Apostol I. Natsev, Saratoga, CA (US);
John R. Smith, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for spatial semantic attribute matching on image regions for location identification based on a reference dataset are provided. In one aspect, a method for matching images from heterogeneous sources is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) parsing the images into different semantic labeled regions; (b) creating a list of potential matches by matching the images based on two or more of the images having same semantic labeled regions; and (c) pruning the list of potential matches created in step (b) by taking into consideration spatial arrangements of the semantic labeled regions in the images.