US Patent 7756341 Generic visual categorization method and system

Patent 7756341 was granted and assigned to Xerox on July, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Xerox

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7756341

Patent Inventor Names

Florent Perronnin0

Date of Patent

July 13, 2010

Patent Application Number

11170496

Date Filed

June 30, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Daniel G Mariam

Patent abstract

Generic visual categorization methods complement a general vocabulary with adapted vocabularies that are class specific. Images to be categorized are characterized within different categories through a histogram indicating whether the image is better described by the general vocabulary or the class-specific adapted vocabulary.