Touch and pressure-based apparel image searching

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

• convert each of multiple images present in a product catalog of an electronic commerce website to a predetermined representation;
• store the converted images in an index;
• determine a first object of interest within an image (i) derived from a social media post and (ii) displayed on a screen, wherein said determining the first object of interest comprises defining a Gaussian kernel centered on a particular position on the screen and detecting physical contact imparted by a user at the particular position on the screen corresponding to where the first object of interest is located;
• quantify an amount of pressure applied by the user via the physical contact;
• determine one or more additional objects of interest within the image based on the amount of pressure applied by the user via the physical contact, wherein said determining the additional objects of interest comprises identifying one or more objects that are located within a specified distance from the first object of interest in the image, and wherein the specified distance corresponds to the amount of pressure applied by the user via the physical contact;
• retrieve, from the index, (i) one or more images of one or more products corresponding to the first object of interest and (ii) one or more images of one or more products corresponding to each of the one or more additional objects of interest;
• and
• display the retrieved images on the screen.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor operably coupled to the memory and configured for:
• converting each of multiple images present in a product catalog of an electronic commerce website to a predetermined representation;
• storing the converted images in an index;
• determining a first object of interest within an image (i) derived from a social media post and (ii) displayed on a screen, wherein said determining the first object of interest comprises defining a Gaussian kernel centered on a particular position on the screen and detecting physical contact imparted by a user at the particular position on the screen corresponding to where the first object of interest is located;
• quantifying an amount of pressure applied by the user via the physical contact;
• determining one or more additional objects of interest within the image based on the amount of pressure applied by the user via the physical contact, wherein said determining the additional objects of interest comprises identifying one or more objects that are located within a specified distance from the first object of interest in the image, and wherein the specified distance corresponds to the amount of pressure applied by the user via the physical contact;
• retrieving, from the index, (i) one or more images of one or more products corresponding to the first object of interest and (ii) one or more images of one or more products corresponding to each of the one or more additional objects of interest;
• and
• displaying the retrieved images on the screen.