Methods and Systems for Image-Based Searching of Product Inventory

摘要

Methods and systems for searching electronic product catalogue data using search queries developed from user uploaded image files are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: providing product data including product image and text files and feature vectors based on the image and text files, the product data being stored in a search database; providing a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to allow a user to upload search image files of products the user desires to search; uploading a search image file of a product to be searched via the GUI; analyzing the search image file to determine its feature vectors; querying the search database using the search image file's feature vectors to develop a ranking of the product image files including feature vectors that match the feature vectors of the search image file; and displaying the image and text files for the ranked product image files.

主权项

1. A method for searching electronic product catalogue data using search queries developed from user uploaded digital image files, said method comprising:
providing product catalogue data for a plurality of products, said product catalogue data including digital product catalogue image files, digital product catalogue text files, and content based image retrieval data having particularly formatted feature vectors, said content based image retrieval data being based on said digital product catalogue image and text files, said product data being stored in a product catalogue search database; providing a graphical user interface including mechanisms for allowing a user to upload digital product search image files of products said user desires to search; uploading a digital product search image file of a product to be searched via said graphical user interface; analyzing said digital product search image file to determine said particularly formatted feature vectors of said digital product search image file; querying said product catalogue search database using said particularly formatted feature vectors of said digital product search image file to develop a ranked list of said digital product catalogue image files including particularly formatted feature vectors that most closely match said particularly formatted feature vectors of said digital product search image file; and displaying to said user via said graphical user interface said digital product catalogue image and text files for each of said digital product catalogue image files on said ranked list.