摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To receive a visual query and provide search results.SOLUTION: A visual query such as a photograph, screen shot, scanned image, or video frame is submitted to a visual query search system from a client system. The search system processes the visual query by sending the visual query to a plurality of parallel search systems, each implementing a distinct visual query search process. A plurality of results are received from the parallel search systems. Utilizing the search results, an interactive results document is created and sent to the client system. The interactive results document has at least one visual identifier for a sub-portion of the visual query with a selectable link to at least one search result for that sub-portion of the visual query. The visual identifier may be a bounding box surrounding each sub-portion, or a semi-transparent label over each sub-portion. Optionally, the bounding box or label is color-coded by type of the result. |