US 9,805,292 B2 · Providing image search templates

Abstract

Techniques for providing image search templates are provided. An image search template may be associated with an image search query to aid the user in capturing an image that will be appropriate for processing the search query. The template may be displayed as an overlay during an image capturing process to indicate an appropriate image capturing pose, range, angle, or other view characteristics that may provide more accurate search results. The template may also be used in the image search query to segment the image and identify features relevant to the search query. Images in an image database may be clustered using characteristics of the images or metadata associated with the images in order to establish groups of images from which templates may be derived. The generated templates may be provided to users to assist in capturing images to be used as search engine queries.

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A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device that includes a camera and a display, data identifying a selected image acquisition template associated with a particular type of object, from among multiple image acquisition templates that are stored on the multiple device and that are each associated with a different type of object;
providing a pattern associated with the selected image acquisition template for output on the display;
generating, by the camera included on the mobile device, a query image while the pattern associated with the selected image acquisition template is provided for output on the display;
providing, to a search engine, an image search query that includes (i) the query image, and (ii) an indication of the selected image acquisition template;
and
receiving, from the search engine, one or more image search results in response to the image search query.

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A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device that includes a camera and a display, data identifying a selected image acquisition template associated with a particular type of object, from among multiple image acquisition templates that are stored on the multiple device and that are each associated with a different type of object;
providing a pattern associated with the selected image acquisition template for output on the display;
generating, by the camera included on the mobile device, a query image while the pattern associated with the selected image acquisition template is provided for output on the display;
providing, to a search engine, an image search query that includes (i) the query image, and (ii) an indication of the selected image acquisition template;
and
receiving, from the search engine, one or more image search results in response to the image search query.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device that includes a camera and a display, data identifying a selected image acquisition template associated with a particular type of object, from among multiple image acquisition templates that are stored on the multiple device and that are each associated with a different type of object;
providing a pattern associated with the selected image acquisition template for output on the display;
generating, by the camera included on the mobile device, a query image while the pattern associated with the selected image acquisition template is provided for output on the display;
providing, to a search engine, an image search query that includes (i) the query image, and (ii) an indication of the selected image acquisition template;
and
receiving, from the search engine, one or more image search results in response to the image search query.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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