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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Brian Albrecht, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06F 17/30277 (2013.01); G06F 17/30873 (2013.01); G06T 11/20 (2013.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A graphical sketch can be received, the sketch including one or more representations of text. A query can be automatically generated from the sketch. The generation of the query can include automatically recognizing the text and automatically representing the text in the query. The query can be run to identify a picture in response to the query, with the text describing one or more non-textual features of the picture. The picture can be returned, such as in response to the receipt of the graphical sketch.