US 2017/0364537 A1Published application

Image-aided data collection and retrieval

AssigneeSecrom LLC

InventorAlexander Kariman

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Abstract

The disclosed invention includes a method and a system for performing image-aided data collection and retrieval, where the data collection and retrieval is related to one or more persons, or subjects or objects associated with one or more persons. The data collection and retrieval is performed with the help of one or more images that contain one or more objects of interest and at least some annotation data related to at least one object of interest. The data collection and retrieval involves: image and annotation collection, image analysis and searching for similar images, data searching and processing, results aggregation and presentation, and optionally collection of feedback.

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A circuitry-implemented system for processing image-aided data collection and retrieval:

having one or more electronic devices with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, and having one or more network interfaces:
where the said memory is configured to store one or more images that contain at least some feature of at least one object of the following type:
an OCR character, a person, a non-human object;
and
where the said memory is configured to store one or more user-generated or electronic device-generated annotations of the one or more said objects;
and
the said one or more electronic devices are configured to transmit using one or more network interfaces, at least some data of one or more image-aided queries which consist of at least some image data and at least some annotation data;
and
having one or more server-systems with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, and having one or more network interfaces, and one or more image analysis systems, and one or more search systems, and one or more collections of resources:
where one or more network interfaces are configured to receive at least some image-aided query data;
and
the said one or more image analysis systems are configured to process at least some data of the said one or more images by:
subjecting at least some data of the said one or more images to image analysis for determining at least some property related to one or more objects or absence thereof in the said image data, using at least one of:
content-based, concept-based, and context-based image analysis;
and
the said one or more search systems are configured to process at least some image-aided query data by:
performing one or more searches in one or more collections of resources using at least some annotation data;
and
performing one or more searches in one or more collections of resources, using at least some data produced as a result of image analysis;
and
the said one or more collections of resources are configured to store at least some data related to, or being a result of at least some previous image-aided query transaction;
and
the said one or more server-systems are configured to transmit via one or more network interfaces, at least some data obtained as a result of processing the said one or more image-aided queries, where the said data includes at least some data in connection with one or more persons, or subjects or objects associated with one or more persons.

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A circuitry-implemented method for processing image-aided data collection and retrieval, where:

one or more electronic devices:
acquire one or more images, where one or more images contain at least some feature of one or more objects of the following type:
an OCR character, a person, a non-human object;
and
obtain one or more user-generated or electronic device-generated annotations of one or more objects;
and
transmit over a network at least some data related to one or more image-aided queries which consist of at least some image data and at least some annotation data;
and
one or more server-systems:
receive at least some data of one or more image-aided queries and performs at least one of the following types of image analyses for determining at least some property related to one or more objects in the said image data:
content-based image analysis, context-based image analysis, concept-based image analysis;
and
performs one or more searches in one or more collections of resources, using at least some data produced as a result of at least one of the said image data analyses, resulting in locating at least some data related to one or more objects in the said image;
and
performs one or more analytic actions on at least some data produced as a result of the said searches or the said image analyses;
and
transmits over a network at least some data obtained as a result of processing one or more image-aided queries, where the said data includes at least some data in connection with one or more persons, or subjects or objects associated with one or more persons.

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A method for collecting and presenting information associated with one or more persons, or subjects or objects associated with one or more persons, comprising of:

obtaining one or more images, where one or more images contain at least some feature of one or more objects of the following type:
an OCR character, a person, a non-human object;
and obtaining at least some user-generated or electronic device-generated annotation data of one or more objects;
and
identifying one or more objects from the said one or more images using at least one of the following types of image analyses:
content-based image analysis, context-based image analysis, concept-based image analysis;
and
assigning one or more identifiers to the said one or more objects, and saving at least some part or some product of the said one or more images and at least some part or some product of the annotation data in one or more collections of resources;
and
comparing at least some part or some product of the said one or more images with at least some part or some product of images or other data stored in one or more collections of resources;
and
performing one or more searches in one or more collections of resources, using at least some data produced as a result of comparing at least some part or some product of the said images;
and
performing one or more analytic actions on at least some data produced as a result of the said searches;
and
transmitting over a network at least some data that includes at least one of:
information from/about previous searches, biographical information, demographical information, academic information, employment-related information, address and location information, contact information, social network-related information, criminal and court records-related information, motor vehicle-related information, financial and credit-related information, risk management-related information, property records-related information, biometric information, medical information, the Internet-mining records, government records, media records, telecommunications-related records, forensic records, associations and connections-related information, preferences-related information, relationships-related information, and genealogical-related information.

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Abstract

A circuitry-implemented system for processing image-aided data collection and retrieval:

having one or more electronic devices with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, and having one or more network interfaces:
where the said memory is configured to store one or more images that contain at least some feature of at least one object of the following type:
an OCR character, a person, a non-human object;
and
where the said memory is configured to store one or more user-generated or electronic device-generated annotations of the one or more said objects;
and
the said one or more electronic devices are configured to transmit using one or more network interfaces, at least some data of one or more image-aided queries which consist of at least some image data and at least some annotation data;
and
having one or more server-systems with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, and having one or more network interfaces, and one or more image analysis systems, and one or more search systems, and one or more collections of resources:
where one or more network interfaces are configured to receive at least some image-aided query data;
and
the said one or more image analysis systems are configured to process at least some data of the said one or more images by:
subjecting at least some data of the said one or more images to image analysis for determining at least some property related to one or more objects or absence thereof in the said image data, using at least one of:
content-based, concept-based, and context-based image analysis;
and
the said one or more search systems are configured to process at least some image-aided query data by:
performing one or more searches in one or more collections of resources using at least some annotation data;
and
performing one or more searches in one or more collections of resources, using at least some data produced as a result of image analysis;
and
the said one or more collections of resources are configured to store at least some data related to, or being a result of at least some previous image-aided query transaction;
and
the said one or more server-systems are configured to transmit via one or more network interfaces, at least some data obtained as a result of processing the said one or more image-aided queries, where the said data includes at least some data in connection with one or more persons, or subjects or objects associated with one or more persons.

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