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 a plurality of images and wherein each of the plurality of images shows a different view of the object of interest with respect to the remainder of the plurality of images; using by the image recognition search engine each of the received plurality of images to generate a corresponding plurality of product match sets wherein each of the plurality of product match sets comprises 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 a respective one of the received plurality of images; identifying at least one product that appears in more than one of the plurality of product match sets; and providing the at least one product identified as appearing in more than one of the plurality of product match sets to a user as the search results, wherein the instructions use a reference object included with the object of interest within one or more of the plurality of images to filter product within the plurality of possible product match sets before identifying at least one product that appears in more than one of the plurality of possible product match sets, and wherein the reference object has at least one size parametric value that is discernible by the image recognition search engine.