SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS

摘要

A system and method uses one or more images provided to an image recognition capable search engine to obtain search results. The image recognition system may use one or more image match algorithms to create one or more possible product match sets. In the event multiple product match sets are created, the search results may be limited to product that appears in one or more of the plural possible product match sets.

主权项

1. A computer-readable media embodied in a non-transient, physical memory device having stored thereon computer executable instructions for using an object of interest to provide search results in response to a search query, the instructions performing steps comprising:
receiving at an image recognition search engine the search query wherein the search query is comprised of at least a first image and a second image wherein each of the first image and the second image show a different view of the object of interest with respect to the other of the first image and the second image; using by the image recognition search engine the first image to generate a first product match set, wherein the first product match set is comprised of data indicative of one or more products that were identified by the image recognition search engine as being a match for the object of interest as shown in the first image; using by the image recognition search engine the second image to generate a second product match set, wherein the second product match set is comprised of data indicative of one or more products that were identified by the image recognition search engine as being a match for the object of interest as shown in the second image; identifying at least one product that appears in both the first product match set and the second product match set; and providing the at least one product identified as appearing in both the first product match set and the second product match set to a user as the search results.