Method for searching and device thereof

WS Kang, MJ Kang, W Kong, G Joo - US Patent 9,990,433, 2018 - Google Patents
Provided are a method and an apparatus for searching for and acquiring information under
a computing environment. The apparatus includes: at least one input device configured to …

Monitoring and analyzing creation and usage of visual content using image and hotspot interaction

B Erol, JJ Hull - US Patent 8,489,987, 2013 - Google Patents
See application file for complete search history. ing and analyzing the creation and usage of
visual content search. The analytics module is part of a MMR gateway and provides a …

Multi-modal query refinement

TSY Paek, B Thiesson, YC Ju, B Lee… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2009 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A multi-modal search query refinement system (and corre sponding
methodology) is provided. In accordance with the innovation, query suggestion results …

Method and system for image matching in a mixed media environment

JJ Hull, B Erol, PE Hart, DS Lee, K Piersol - US Patent 8,600,989, 2013 - Google Patents
US8600989B2 - Method and system for image matching in a mixed media environment -
Google Patents US8600989B2 - Method and system for image matching in a mixed media …

Image metadata propagation

Q Ke, M Liu, Y Li, R Hu, Y Sun - US Patent 8,433,140, 2013 - Google Patents
Methods and computer-readable media for propagating content category information to
images stored in a database are described. A seed image that is associated with a known …

Visual and textual query suggestion

L Yang, M Wang, Z Zha, T Mei, XS Hua - US Patent 8,452,794, 2013 - Google Patents
Techniques described herein enable better understanding of the intent of a user that
Submits a particular search query. These techniques receive a search request for images …

Method and system for multi-tier image matching in a mixed media environment

PE Hart, B Erol, JJ Hull, K Piersol - US Patent 8,521,737, 2013 - Google Patents
US8521737B2 - Method and system for multi-tier image matching in a mixed media
environment - Google Patents US8521737B2 - Method and system for multi-tier image matching …

Embedding hot spots in electronic documents

JJ Hull, B Erol, J Graham, DG Van Olst - US Patent 8,838,591, 2014 - Google Patents
US8838591B2 - Embedding hot spots in electronic documents - Google Patents US8838591B2
- Embedding hot spots in electronic documents - Google Patents Embedding hot spots in …

Data organization and access for mixed media document system

JJ Hull, DS Lee, KW Piersol - US Patent 9,171,202, 2015 - Google Patents
US9171202B2 - Data organization and access for mixed media document system - Google
Patents US9171202B2 - Data organization and access for mixed media document system …

Mixed media reality retrieval of differentially-weighted links

JJ Hull, B Erol, J Moraleda - US Patent 9,176,984, 2015 - Google Patents
An MMR system for publishing comprises a plurality of (51) Int. Cl. mobile devices, an MMR
gateway, an MMR matching unit G06F 7/30(2006.01) and an MMR publisher integrated into …