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US 8,948,520 B2Granted
Image categorization based on comparisons between images
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorNeelakantan Sundaresan
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Abstract
In an example embodiment, a method is provided for image categorization. Here, images are displayed. In turn, a user input that describes a characteristic shared between the images from a comparison between the images is received. The user input may then be classified into categorization data.
Claims18
A method for image categorization comprising:
- displaying a first image and a second image, including displaying a list of prohibited categorization data;
- receiving, from a user device, a description generated by a user and based on a comparison between the first image and the second image, the description being distinct from the list of prohibited categorization data;
- classifying the description into categorization data identifying one or more categories;
- and
- based on the categorization data, assigning the first image to a category.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform the following operations:
- displaying a first image and a second image, including displaying a list of prohibited categorization data;
- receiving, from a user device, a description generated by a user and based on a comparison between the first image and the second image, the description being distinct from the list of prohibited categorization data;
- classifying the description into categorization data identifying one or more categories;
- and
- based on the categorization data, assigning the first image to a category.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store an image categorization module;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to execute the image categorization module, the image categorization module configured to:
- display a first image and a second image, including display a list of prohibited categorization data;
- receive, from a user device, a description generated by a user and based on a comparison between the first image and the second image, the description being distinct from the list of prohibited categorization data;
- classify the description into categorization data identifying one or more categories;
- and
- based on the categorization data, assign the first image to a category.
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