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US 11,694,427 B2Granted
Identification of items depicted in images
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsJohn Tapley, Eric J. Farraro, Raghav Gupta, Roopnath Grandhi
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Abstract
In an example embodiment, a method of identifying an item depicted in an image is provided. In this method, the image depicting the item is accessed; in addition, other images and their item identifiers are also accessed. A match of the image with one of the other images is identified. With a match, the image is then associated with an item identifier of the matched image.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a request to sell an item, the request including a first image of the item;
- determining, for a plurality of other images, a respective difference between a first color histogram of the first image and a plurality of second color histograms of one or more images of the plurality of other images;
- selecting, by one or more processors, one of the second color histograms most similar to the first color histogram based on the respective differences;
- identifying, by one or more processors, a second image of the plurality of other images that is associated with the selected second color histogram, the second image included in an item listing, the item listing further including an item description;
- determining an identifier associated with the identified second image;
- identifying a template based on the identifier;
- and
- transmitting the template to a client device based on identifying the template and in response to receiving the request to sell the item.
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A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request to sell an item, the request including a first image of the item;
- determining, for a plurality of other images, a respective difference between a first color histogram of the first image and a plurality of second color histograms of one or more images of the plurality of other images;
- selecting one of the second color histograms most similar to the first color histogram based on the respective differences;
- identifying a second image of the plurality of other images that is associated with the selected second color histogram, the second image included in an item listing, the item listing further including an item description;
- determining an identifier associated with the identified second image;
- identifying a template based on the identifier;
- and
- transmitting the template to a client device based on identifying the template and in response to receiving the request to sell the item.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request to sell an item, the request including a first image of the item;
- determining, for a plurality of other images, a respective difference between a first color histogram of the first image and a plurality of second color histograms of one or more images of the plurality of other images;
- selecting one of the second color histograms most similar to the first color histogram based on the respective differences;
- identifying a second image of the plurality of other images that is associated with the selected second color histogram, the second image included in an item listing, the item listing further including an item description;
- determining an identifier associated with the identified second image;
- identifying a template based on the identifier;
- and
- transmitting the template to a client device based on identifying the template and in response to receiving the request to sell the item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.