System and method for search with the aid of images associated with product categories

摘要

The present application describes performing a user initiated search query comprising receiving user input comprising description details of at least one desired object, retrieving a plurality of objects from a database sharing one or more of the description details of the user input, retrieving an image of the at least one desired object based on one or more of the plurality of objects, generating a contour of the image and comparing the generated contour with other related contours of other images stored in the database, displaying all of the available contours of all of the images that match the generated contour, receiving a selection of one of the available contours from the user and performing the search query based on the user selected contour.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, via a receiver, user input comprising description details of a desired object; retrieving a plurality of objects from a database sharing one or more of the description details of the user input; retrieving an image of the desired object and determining a contour of the desired object from the image; constructing a tree data structure based on the description details of the plurality of objects, the tree data structure comprising one or more attributes related to each of the plurality of retrieved objects; identifying a predetermined contour shape, from among a plurality of predetermined contour shapes stored in the database, as a category contour shape, wherein the category contour shape comprises a contour shape that does not exactly match the contour of the desired object but most closely matches the contour of the desired object from among the plurality of predetermined contour shapes; displaying, via the processor, images of all other objects stored in the database that have a contour that is most closely matched by the category contour shape from among the plurality of predetermined contour shapes; and performing a search query based on a user selected image from among the displayed images.