CROSS INDEXING WITH GROUPLETS

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed to respond to a query for one or more images by using a processor, applying an indexing strategy which processes images as grouplets rather than individual single images; generating a two layer indexing structure with a group layer, each associated with one or more images in an image layer; cross-indexing the images into two or more groups; and retrieving near duplicate images with the cross-indexed images and the grouplets.