| CPC G06F 16/532 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 16/5846 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0627 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
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1. A computer-implemented method for free-form user selection of visual features for visual search, the method comprising:
providing for display within a user interface, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, an image that depicts one or more objects;
receiving, by the computing system, a free-form user input to the user interface that selects a particular sub-portion of the one or more objects depicted by the image, wherein the particular sub-portion comprises one or more visual features, wherein the free-form user input comprises a line drawn in a loop around the particular sub-portion of the object by a tactile object;
providing to a visual search system, by the computing system, a visual search query that comprises the particular sub-portion of the object selected by the free-form user input;
in response to the visual search query, receiving from the visual search system, by the computing system, a set of visual search results responsive to visual features included in the particular sub-portion of the one or more objects; and
providing, one or more of the set of visual search results to a user.
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