System and method for effectively implementing a texture feature detector
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorGunnar Hovden
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for performing an image search procedure in which a histogram calculator initially performs image analysis procedures to construct horizontal and vertical texture histograms corresponding to texture characteristics of subject images. A feature detector may then perform the image search procedure by comparing the texture histograms to identify one or more matching images in which texture characteristics are most similar.
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A system for performing an image search procedure with an electronic device, comprising:
- a histogram calculator that performs image analysis procedures without user input to construct texture histograms corresponding to texture characteristics of images accessed by said electronic device;
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- a feature detector that performs said image search procedure by comparing said texture histograms to identify one or more matching images in which said texture characteristics are similar, said histogram calculator and said feature detector being stored on a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform said computer-exectable instructions.
A method for performing an image search procedure with an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- performing image analysis procedures without user input by utilizing a histogram calculator that automatically constructs texture histograms corresponding to texture characteristics of images accessed by said electronic device;
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- utilizing a feature detector to perform said image search procedure by comparing said texture histograms to identify one or more matching images in which said texture characteristics are similar, said histogram calculator and said feature detector being stored on a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform said computer-executable instructions.
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