G06F 16/7335
Graphical querying
Official title: {Graphical querying, e.g. query-by-region, query-by-sketch, query-by-trajectory, GUIs for designating a person/face/object as a query predicate (end-user interface involving hot spots associated with the video H04N21/4725; end-user interface for selecting a Region of Interest H04N21/4728)}
G06F16/7335 (Graphical querying) appears on 221 US grants and 253 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 221
- Published applications
- 253
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 472
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 15 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
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| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
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| 2014 | 11 | 27 |
| 2015 | 21 | 17 |
| 2016 | 12 | 17 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8 |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 |
| 2019 | 13 | 20 |
| 2020 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021 | 15 | 19 |
| 2022 | 15 | 11 |
| 2023 | 15 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 |
| 2025 | 12 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Multimedia focalization24 Mar 2026US 12,585,698 B2OpenTV, Inc.
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- Time travel search using digital content snapshots25 Nov 2025US 12,481,698 B2Dropbox, Inc.
- Method, apparatus, device and storage medium for commodity searching8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311234 A1Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- System architecture for live user interaction during video playback13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236530 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Edge-enabled system for smart video processing, vectorized object detection, search, and customizable alerts using smart nvr devices2 Jul 2026US 2026/0187147 A1AGI7 Inc.
- Image search system for integrating object detection and image-to-semantic search mechanism25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178750 A1Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
- Image search apparatus, image search method, and non-transitory storage medium11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161703 A1NEC Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for searching graphic images and videos414US 5,802,361 AApple Computer, Inc. · 1998
- Computer controlled display system activities using correlated graphical and timeline interfaces for controlling replay of temporal data representing collaborative activities280US 5,786,814 AXerox Corporation · 1998
- Use of image-derived information as search criteria for internet and other search engines272US 7,680,324 B2Evryx Technologies, Inc. · 2010
- Method and system for indexing, sorting, and displaying a video database264US 6,631,522 B12003
- Method of searching an audio/visual programming database using selected criterion having implicit logical operation238US 5,671,411 AIntel Corporation · 1997