Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080247648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DISPLAY OF TUNED MULTI-SCALED REGIONS OF AN IMAGE WITH LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONTROL - A system for improved display of tuned multi-scaled regions of an image with local and global control and methods for making and using same. To assist the novice user of image processing tool, less input parameters should be required. Further, it will assist the user if results are diplayed in a shorter period of time. Utilizing a hierarchical bottom-up approach provides for the advantage of being able to utilize intermediate results to gather more details. The systems and methods disclosed provide for the grouping of contiguous pixels which have similar properties. Further, the disclosed embodiments provide for the user the ability to see all levels of detail of segmentation either globally or locally. The scale-space is tuned to the information in the image. | 10-09-2008 |
20090148041 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNSUPERVISED LOCAL BOUNDARY OR REGION REFINEMENT OF FIGURE MASKS USING OVER AND UNDER SEGMENTATION OF REGIONS - An initial figure mask estimation of an image is generated using a figure ground segmentation system, thereby initially assigning each pixel in the image with a first attribute value or a second attribute value. A JigCut region segmentation of the image is generated. The figure mask estimation is processed with the JigCut region segmentation by (i) classifying the pixels of the image in each respective JigCut region in the JigCut region segmentation with the first attribute value when a predetermined number or a predetermined percentage of the pixels within the respective JigCut region have been initially assigned the first attribute value by the initial figure mask estimation and (ii) classifying the pixels of the image in each respective JigCut region in the JigCut region segmentation with the second attribute value otherwise. | 06-11-2009 |
20100008576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION OF AN IMAGE INTO TUNED MULTI-SCALED REGIONS - Systems and methods for segmentation of an image into tuned multi-scale regions that comprise similarity in the pixels contained in each respective region. A watershed transform sub-process is performed upon an edge strength map of the image. A process for deriving an edge strength map may comprise preprocessing the image, extracting channels from the image, applying an edge operator to each channel, enhancing edge signal, normalizing the edge channels, combining the edge channels, and enhancing the signal to noise ratio for the channel. Once the watershed transform is complete, decisions on which neighboring regions to agglomerate may occur based on the cost effectiveness of the mergers. As desired, the boundaries for the regions created are resolved. | 01-14-2010 |
20100158325 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEGMENTING AN IMAGE OF A PERSON TO PRODUCE A MUGSHOT - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for forming a mugshot from a digital color image are provided in which a dominant face is determined using the digital color image. Person segmentation is also performed using the digital color image. An image and a mask are cropped based on the dominant face thereby forming a cropped image. Rough segmentation is performed on the cropped image. A mask is averaged in projection space based on the cropped image. The mask is refined mask and prepared for the mugshot. | 06-24-2010 |
20100278426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RULE-BASED SEGMENTATION FOR OBJECTS WITH FULL OR PARTIAL FRONTAL VIEW IN COLOR IMAGES - A method of labeling pixels in an image in which pixels in the image that represent human skin of one or more people are detected and one or more regions in the image are identified, where each region in the one or more regions includes all or a portion of a human face of a person in the one or people in the image. Pixels that represent each face in the image are identified using the pixels that represent skin and the regions that include faces of the people, thereby identifying a position of each face in the image. From this, a face mask for each face and a rough body map corresponding to each face is determined using the positions of the identified faces. Further still, a torso map corresponding to each face is determined using determined face positions. Then, the extracted face masks and the torso maps are used to refine a skin map. A person or people map is determined using the skin map and the rough body map. | 11-04-2010 |
20100316288 | Systems and methods for segmenation by removal of monochromatic background with limitied intensity variations - A method for distinguishing a foreground object from a monochromatic background in a digital image depicting a foreground object in front of said monochromatic background. A outer edge intensity map is created of the foreground object to which a tracing process is conducted. A continuous edge map is created by utilizing the traced edges in the outer edge intensity map. By selecting a path on the continuous edge map based on average edge intensity, a final edge map is created. The pixels comprised within the final edge map are distinguished as the foreground object. Optionally, the final edge map may be refined utilizing certain techniques. | 12-16-2010 |
20110075926 | Systems and methods for refinement of segmentation using spray-paint markup - Systems for refinement of a segmentation of an image using spray-paint markup are disclosed, with methods and processes for making and using the same. Spray-paint markup allows for easy markup of errors in a segmentation. The markup's data may be correlated or harmonized with the representation of the segmentation, such that it may be applied to the segmentation. The markup's data is utilized to refine the segmentation errors. To assist in the refinement process, the resolutions may be scaled down so as to exert less computation burden during the process. | 03-31-2011 |
20110274344 | Systems and methods for manifold learning for matting - Systems for manifold learning for matting are disclosed, with methods and processes for making and using the same. The embodiments disclosed herein provide a closed form solution for solving the matting problem by a manifold learning technique, Local Linear Embedding. The transition from foreground to background is characterized by color and texture variations, which should be captured in the alpha map. This intuition implies that neighborhood relationship in the feature space should be preserved in the alpha map. By applying Local Linear Embedding using the disclosed embodiments, the local image variations can be preserved in the embedded manifold, which is the resulting alpha map. Without any strong assumption, such as color line model, the disclosed embodiments can be easily extended to incorporate other features beyond RGB color features, such as gradient and texture information. | 11-10-2011 |
20110299776 | Systems and methods for segmenting human hairs and faces in color images - Systems for segmenting human hairs and faces in color images are disclosed, with methods and processes for making and using the same. The image may be cropped around the face area and roughly centered. Optionally, the illumination environment of the input image may be determined. If the image is taken under dark environment or the contrast between the face and hair regions and background is low, an extra image enhancement may be applied. Sub-processes for identifying the pose angle and chin contours may be performed. A preliminary mask for the face by using multiple cues, such as skin color, pose angle, face shape and contour information can be represented. An initial hair mask by using the abovementioned multiple cues plus texture and hair shape information may be created. The preliminary face and hair masks are globally refined using multiple techniques. | 12-08-2011 |
20110305397 | Systems and methods for retargeting an image utilizing a saliency map - Systems for retargeting an image utilizing a saliency map are disclosed, with methods and processes for making and using the same. To create a contextually personalized presentation, an image may be presented within a target area. The desired location within the target area may be determined for the displaying of the salient portions of the image. To expose the image optimally, the image may need to be transformed or reconfigured for proper composition. Aspect ratios of images may be altered with preservation of salient regions and without distorting the image. A quality function is presented to rate target areas available for personalized presentations. | 12-15-2011 |
20130083999 | EXTRACTION OF IMAGE FEATURE DATA FROM IMAGES - An apparatus and method for obtaining image feature data of an image are disclosed herein. A color histogram of the image is extracted from the image, the extraction of the color histogram including performing one-dimensional sampling of pixels comprising the image in each of a first dimension of a color space, a second dimension of the color space, and a third dimension of the color space. An edge map corresponding to the image is analyzed to detect a pattern included in the image. In response to a confidence level of the pattern detection being below a pre-defined threshold, extracting from the image an orientation histogram of the image. And identify a dominant color of the image. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084000 | COMPLEMENTARY ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding complementary recommendations are disclosed herein. One or more fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are determined based on data obtained from one or more sources. One or more template images and rule triggers corresponding to the fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are generated, each of the rule triggers associated with at least one of the template images. A processor compares a first image attribute of a particular one of the template images to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images corresponding to the plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items complementary to the query image. The particular one of the template images is selected based on the rule trigger corresponding to the particular one of the template images being applicable for a query image. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084001 | ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding recommendations for a query image are disclosed herein. A color histogram is determined corresponding to the query image. Determining at least one of a visual pattern included in the query image, a dominant color of the query image, or an orientation histogram corresponding to the query image. Performing comparison of a first image attribute of the query image to a second image attribute of an inventory image corresponding to an inventory item, wherein the first image attribute used in the comparison is selected from among the color histogram, the dominant color, and the orientation histogram. The selection of the first image attribute is based on a confidence score associated with the visual pattern, the dominant color, or a directionality present in the query image. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084002 | RE-RANKING ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to adjust item recommendations are disclosed herein. A first image attribute of a query image is compared to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images of a plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items similar to the query image. Item recommendations comprising the identified inventory items in a first listing order are provided for display at a remote device. A second listing order of the identified inventory items is determined based on a user preference for a particular one of the identified inventory items. At least the second listing order is provided to the remote device for re-display of the item recommendations in accordance with the second listing order. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085893 | ACQUISITION AND USE OF QUERY IMAGES WITH IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method for providing recommendations are disclosed herein. A query image is received from a remote device, the query image comprising an image included in a web page and the image being of interest to a user viewing the web page. Item recommendations corresponding to the query image are provided for automatic display at the web page at the remote device. The item recommendations are obtained by comparing a first image attribute associated with the query image to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images for a plurality of inventory items. Item details corresponding to an item of interest by the user from among the item recommendations are provided for automatic display at the web page at the remote device. | 04-04-2013 |
20140052567 | RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WEARABLE SENSORS - Apparatus and method for providing contextual recommendations based on user state are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, sensor data corresponding to at least one sensor included in an item worn by a user is received. A user state is determined based on the received sensor data. In response to a state change being satisfied by at least the user state, a recommendation is determined based on the user state and a profile associated with the user. The recommendation may be presented on an electronic mobile device associated with the user. | 02-20-2014 |
20140119642 | Segmenting Human Hairs and Faces - Systems for segmenting human hairs and faces in color images are disclosed, with methods and processes for making and using the same. The image may be cropped around the face area and roughly centered. Optionally, the illumination environment of the input image may be determined. If the image is taken under dark environment or the contrast between the face and hair regions and background is low, an extra image enhancement may be applied. Sub-processes for identifying the pose angle and chin contours may be performed. A preliminary mask for the face by using multiple cues, such as skin color, pose angle, face shape and contour information can be represented. An initial hair mask by using the abovementioned multiple cues plus texture and hair shape information may be created. The preliminary face and hair masks are globally refined using multiple techniques. | 05-01-2014 |
20140201027 | RE-RANKING ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to adjust item recommendations are disclosed herein. A first image attribute of a query image is compared to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images of a plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items similar to the query image. Item recommendations comprising the identified inventory items in a first listing order are provided for display at a remote device. A second listing order of the identified inventory items is determined based on a user preference for a particular one of the identified inventory items. At least the second listing order is provided to the remote device for re-display of the item recommendations in accordance with the second listing order. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201028 | COMPLEMENTARY ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding complementary recommendations are disclosed herein. One or more fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are determined based on data obtained from one or more sources. One or more template images and rule triggers corresponding to the fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are generated, each of the rule triggers associated with at least one of the template images. A processor compares a first image attribute of a particular one of the template images to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images corresponding to the plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items complementary to the query image. The particular one of the template images is selected based on the rule trigger corresponding to the particular one of the template images being applicable for a query image. | 07-17-2014 |
20140254927 | EXTRACTION OF IMAGE FEATURE DATA FROM IMAGES - An apparatus and method for obtaining image feature data of an image are disclosed herein. A color histogram of the image is extracted from the image, the extraction of the color histogram including performing one-dimensional sampling of pixels comprising the image in each of a first dimension of a color space, a second dimension of the color space, and a third dimension of the color space. An edge map corresponding to the image is analyzed to detect a pattern included in the image. In response to a confidence level of the pattern detection being below a pre-defined threshold, extracting from the image an orientation histogram of the image. And identify a dominant color of the image. | 09-11-2014 |
20140279265 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RETRIEVE RELEVANT INVENTORY USING SKETCH-BASED QUERY - In various example embodiments, a system and method for sketch based queries are presented. A sketch corresponding to a search item may be received from a user. At least a portion of the sketch may be generated by the user. An item attribute may be extracted from the sketch. The item attributed may correspond to a physical attribute of the search item. A set of inventory items similar to the search item may be identified based on the extracted item attribute and a search scope. The identified set of inventory items may be presented to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO UTILIZE AN INTRA-BODY AREA NETWORK - An intra-body area network (IBAN) is described. An IBAN comprises a plurality of electronic sensing devices. Each from the plurality of electronic sensing devices is embedded in an item that is wearable by the user. The plurality of sensing devices collect respective different types of information and may communicate with each other, as well as with a smart phone of the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280125 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO BUILD A TIME-SENSITIVE PROFILE - A system to build a time-sensitive profile is described. A plurality of sensing devices collect respective different types of information. A data collector receives sensor data collected by an electronic sensing device. A historical profile detector determines a historical profile associated with the first sensor data and that the historical profile is to be updated using the first sensor data. A profile generator then updates the historical profile using the sensor data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FIT AN IMAGE OF AN INVENTORY PART - Systems and methods to fit an image of an inventory part are described. The system receives, over a network, a selection that identities a part type and further receives, over the network, an image of a vehicle. The system antomatically identifies an image of a first inventory part based on the selection of the part type and the image of the vehicle. The system automatically positions two boundaries of a rectangle over the image of the vehicle based on the part type, the rectangle including an image of a first vehicle part. The system fits the image of the first inventory part over the image of the first vehicle part based on the rectangle. The system communicates, over the network, a user interface including the image of the vehicle including the image of the first inventory part fitted over the image of the first vehicle part. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING HOME DECOR ITEMS BASED ON AN IMAGE OF A ROOM - A method, system, and article of manufacture for recommending items for a room. An image of a room is received, a box image is fitted to the image of the room. Information is extracted from the fitted box image and is used for recommending items for the room. The image is a color image and extracting information is done by extracting color histograms from the fitted box image. The color histograms are used to determine items that match the color scheme of the room, the lighting of the room, and/or the decorating style of the room. | 09-25-2014 |
20140310131 | SEARCHABLE TEXTURE INDEX - Electronic content that has a tactile dimension when presented on a tactile-enabled computing device may be referred to as tactile-enabled content. A tactile-enabled device is a device that is capable of presenting tactile-enabled content in a manner that permits a user to experience tactile quality of electronic content. In one example embodiment, a system is provided for generating content that has a tactile dimension when presented on a tactile-enabled device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FASHION RECOMMENDATIONS - Providing fashion recommendations based on an image of clothing. Color, pattern, and/or style information corresponding to the clothing may be identified and used to find relevant clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to recommend to a user. The image may be a video of clothing and/or accessories on a human body in motion. An area thereof may be sampled, detected and tracked across sequential frames of the video to obtain color, pattern, and/or style information which may be compared against clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to provide real-time (or near real-time) recommendations to the user. The image may comprise clothing of interest that is associated with a celebrity. The celebrity may be specified and the system returns recommendations of items in the inventory that are matching or complementary to the clothing/accessory of interest and which are consistent with the particular celebrity's fashion style. | 10-16-2014 |
20140355881 | EVALUATING IMAGE SHARPNESS - A system may be configured to calculate and use image sharpness results. In some example embodiments, a content-aware image sharpness evaluation scheme is implemented by the system to calculate the degree of sharpness or blur of photographs taken of objects of interest. In certain example embodiments, a calculated sharpness score from the image sharpness evaluation scheme is converted into a score that is meaningful relative to other photographs of the same category as the object depicted in the photograph. In various example embodiments, a mobile-based assistant is configured to provide instant (or near instant) feedback to users uploading photographs using a mobile device. In alternative example embodiments, a web-based assistant is configured to provide instant (or near instant) feedback to users uploading one or more photographs simultaneously to an electronic commerce or marketplace website. | 12-04-2014 |
20150055860 | ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding recommendations for a query image are disclosed herein. A color histogram is determined corresponding to the query image. Determining at least one of a visual pattern included in the query image, a dominant color of the query image, or an orientation histogram corresponding to the query image. Performing comparison of a first image attribute of the query image to a second image attribute of an inventory image corresponding to an inventory item, wherein the first image attribute used in the comparison is selected from among the color histogram, the dominant color, and the orientation histogram. The selection of the first image attribute is based on a confidence score associated with the visual pattern, the dominant color, or a directionality present in the query image. | 02-26-2015 |
20150063681 | ESTIMATING DEPTH FROM A SINGLE IMAGE - During a training phase, a machine accesses reference images with corresponding depth information. The machine calculates visual descriptors and corresponding depth descriptors from this information. The machine then generates a mapping that correlates these visual descriptors with their corresponding depth descriptors. After the training phase, the machine may perform depth estimation based on a single query image devoid of depth information. The machine may calculate one or more visual descriptors from the single query image and obtain a corresponding depth descriptor for each visual descriptor from the generated mapping. Based on obtained depth descriptors, the machine creates depth information that corresponds to the submitted single query image. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCENE TEXT RECOGNITION - Apparatus and method for performing accurate text recognition of non-simplistic images (e.g., images with clutter backgrounds, lighting variations, font variations, non-standard perspectives, and the like) may employ a machine-learning approach to identify a discriminative feature set selected from among features computed for a plurality of irregularly positioned, sized, and/or shaped (e.g., randomly selected) image sub-regions. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067471 | CORRELATING IMAGE ANNOTATIONS WITH FOREGROUND FEATURES - A machine may be configured to execute a machine-learning process for identifying and understanding fine properties of various items of various types by using images and associated corresponding annotations, such as titles, captions, tags, keywords, or other textual information applied to these images. By use of a machine-learning process, the machine may perform property identification accurately and without human intervention. These item properties may be used as annotations for other images that have similar features. Accordingly, the machine may answer user-submitted questions, such as “What do rustic items look like?,” and items or images depicting items that are deemed to be rustic can be readily identified, classified, ranked, or any suitable combination thereof. | 03-05-2015 |