US 11,934,448 B2
Keyword localization digital image search
Pramod Srinivasan, San Francisco, CA (US); Zhe Lin, Fremont, CA (US); Samarth Gulati, Chandigarh (IN); Saeid Motiian, San Francisco, CA (US); Midhun Harikumar, Santa Clara, CA (US); Baldo Antonio Faieta, San Francisco, CA (US); and Alex C. Filipkowski, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/302,201.
Application 18/302,201 is a continuation of application No. 16/785,410, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,663,264.
Prior Publication US 2023/0252071 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/532 (2019.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/538 (2019.01); G06F 16/54 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 16/532 (2019.01) [G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/538 (2019.01); G06F 16/54 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, a search query including a keyword and an indication of a desired location of the keyword, the indication generated through user selection via a user interface of at least one predefined portion of a plurality of predefined portions forming a spatial layout;
generating, by the processing device, a keyword mask having binary indications of whether a respective said predefined portion of the plurality of predefined portions includes the keyword;
performing, by the processing device, a search by comparing the keyword and the keyword mask of the search query with a plurality of keyword signatures corresponding to a plurality of digital images, the plurality of keyword signatures including a plurality of keywords and respective said keyword masks; and
generating, by the processing device, a search result including at least one digital image from the plurality of digital images based on the comparing.