US 12,242,529 B2
Historical image search
Cheranellore Vasudevan, Bastrop, TX (US); Swaminathan Balasubramanian, Troy, MI (US); Sibasis Das, Kolkata (IN); and Radha Mohan De, Howrah (IN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/481,534.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090269 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 16/532 (2019.01); G06F 16/538 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/532 (2019.01) [G06F 16/538 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving an image search criteria including at least one reference image and at least one contextual data;
generating a composite image search query including a synthetic image sketch based on a plurality of transformed segments from the at least one reference image, wherein the plurality of transformed segments include modifications based on the at least one contextual data;
searching for a matching historical image based on the generated composite image search query; and
returning a historical image search result.