Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shape based picture search
- Patent Title (中): 形状图片搜索
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Application No.: US12661773Application Date: 2010-03-22
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Publication No.: US08392484B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Chunyi Zhou , Weiwei Wang , Xinfeng Zhou , Yu Dong , Xiaoying Weng , Jialong Huang
- Applicant: Chunyi Zhou , Weiwei Wang , Xinfeng Zhou , Yu Dong , Xiaoying Weng , Jialong Huang
- Applicant Address: KY George Town, Grand Cayman
- Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Current Assignee Address: KY George Town, Grand Cayman
- Agency: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP
- Priority: CN200910129551 20090326
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
The present application relates to a method for implementing picture search and a website server thereof. A method for implementing picture search includes: classifying, according to keywords in advance in a picture database, corresponding pictures by shape of objects in the pictures, and determining a sample picture for each shape type; wherein, after a server receives a picture search request sent from a client, the method includes: searching, by the server, in the picture database for the sample picture of several shape types classified in advance corresponding to the keywords in said search request, and returning, to the client, the searched sample picture of the several shape types; receiving, by the server, the sample picture of a certain shape type determined by the client, and searching, in the picture database for the pictures which correspond to said keywords and satisfy a predetermined request with the characteristic value of said determined sample pictures; returning, by the server, said found pictures to the client. The present application enables the user to search pictures of similar shapes according to the shape types, thereby satisfying the user's search demands.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100250539A1 Shape based picture search Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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