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AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsDavid Petrou, Theodore Power
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A visual query such as a photograph, screen shot, scanned image, or video frame is submitted to a visual query search system from a client system. The search system processes the visual query by sending it to a plurality of parallel search systems, each implementing a distinct visual query search process. A plurality of results is received from the parallel search systems. Utilizing the search results, an interactive results document is created and sent to the client system. The interactive results document has at least one visual identifier for a sub-portion of the visual query with a selectable link to at least one search result for that sub-portion. The visual identifier may be a bounding box around the respective sub-portion, or a semi-transparent label over the respective sub-portion. Optionally, the bounding box or label is color coded by type of result.
A computer-implemented method of processing a visual query comprising:
A server system, for processing a visual query, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.