US 11,386,146 B2 · Method and system for facilitating keyword-based searching in images

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for a system to extract description of reference numerals in images and facilitate keyword-based search in images. In various examples, the system may include one or more databases, a computer readable memory, and one or more processors. The system may be configured to extract one or more reference numerals from an image, and identify and extract corresponding description of the one or more reference numerals from a description document corresponding to the image. The system may be further configured to extract text from the images, and store the images in a database with the extracted data, i.e., text, reference numerals, and corresponding descriptions. The system may be further configured to receive an input query intending to search images related to a search logic of the input query, search a database to identify an image including either of text or a reference numeral having a corresponding description that corresponds to the search logic of the input query, and render the identified image via a display device executing the output interface.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method to extract description of reference numerals in images, text from images, and facilitate keyword-based searching in images, the method comprising:

retrieving an image from a first database;
retrieving a description document from a second database, wherein the description document corresponds to the image;
processing the image to extract a first set of one or more reference numerals, wherein processing the image to extract the first set of one or more reference numerals comprises:
rotating the image in a plane of the image about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the image thereby changing an orientation of the image, and
extracting the one or more reference numerals written in the image in each orientation of the image;
identifying a corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals from the retrieved description document;
extracting the corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals;
and
displaying each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals along with the corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals on a display device.

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A system to extract description of reference numerals in images, text from images, and facilitate keyword-based searching in images, the system comprising:

a first database that stores at least one image;
a second database that stores at least one description document associated with the at least one image stored in the first database;
at least one computer readable memory;
and
at least one processor unit comprising a processor coupled to the at least one computer readable memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
retrieve an image from the at least one image stored in the first database;
retrieve a description document from the at least description document stored in the second database, wherein the description document corresponds to the image;
process the image to extract a first set of one or more reference numerals, wherein the one or more reference numerals are written in one or more different orientations in the image;
identify a corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals from the retrieved description document;
extract the corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals;
and
display each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals along with the corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals on a display device, wherein:
the system further comprises a rotation engine configured to rotate the image in a plane of the image about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the image thereby changing an orientation of the image, and
the processor is configured to extract the one or more reference numerals from the image in each orientation of the image.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer-readable code comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

retrieve an image from a first database;
retrieve a description document from a second database, wherein the description document corresponds to the image;
process the image to extract a first set of one or more reference numerals, wherein the one or more reference numerals are written in one or more different orientations in the image, and wherein the computer-readable code comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to process the image further comprises instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
rotate the image in a plane of the image about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the image thereby changing an orientation of the image, and
extract the one or more reference numerals written in the image in each orientation of the image;
identify a corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals from the retrieved description document;
extract the corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals;
and
display each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals along with the corresponding description of each reference numeral of the first set of one or more reference numerals on a display device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for facilitating keyword-based searching in images

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Method and system for facilitating keyword-based searching in images

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