Method and apparatus for image recognition services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10936650-B2
Application number	US-39895709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2009
Priority date	Mar 5, 2008
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A system to provide image processing services responsive to requests including image data includes a system layer that forwards a request to an image application processing interface. Image processing provides an image comparison, barcode recognition, and optical character recognition. The image processing compares the image data to products in a database in order to identify a matching product. The system layer receives the matching information and forwards to a user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a camera-enabled mobile device, a request to prepare a product for publication, the request including an image, the image including identifying information associated with the product being prepared for the publication as a listing on a network based publication system, the image being taken by the camera-enabled mobile device;
matching, using one or more image processing services, the identifying information included in the received image and one or more additional products, the matching being performed by one or more hardware processors;
accessing product information describing the one or more additional products based on the matching of the identifying information included in the received image and the one or more additional products, the product information including one or more additional images associated with the one or more additional products; and
in response to the receiving of the request from the camera-enabled mobile device, causing enhancement of a user interface associated with the camera-enabled device to enable the publication of the product as the listing on the network based publication system to enable viewing of the enhanced user interface by other devices accessing the network based publication system, the causing of the enhancement including:
generating, in an automated operation without user intervention and based on the one or more additional images, one or more selectable additional image features each for selection of a particular additional image via the user interface,
generating one or more input features associated with each one or more selectable additional images, each input feature for receiving additional data associated with the product depicted in the particular additional image, and
presenting, in the user interface, the one or more selectable additional image features and the one or more input features associated with each one or more selectable additional images.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the product from the image includes comparing the image to a database of items, wherein the causing further comprises including, in the enhanced user interface, a category for the product and a price for the product, the category and the priced determined based on the product information describing the one or more matching additional products.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more image processing services compare at least one characteristic of the image to the database of items, the at least one characteristic of the image comprising at least one of a color, a shape, or a texture.

4. The method of claim 1 , herein the request includes user-supplied information in addition to the image.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-supplied information includes a product category for the product.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is received as an email message, and wherein a command is included in the email message.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the command is included in the subject line of the email message.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the command is included in the body of the email message.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the command is to compare image data to the database of products.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is received as an HTTP message.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more image processing services include a fraud detection service, and wherein the image is compared to the product information to identify an inconsistency.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising transmitting a notification of an inconsistency between the image and valid product information.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the image resulting in an inconsistency is stored in a fraud records database, and wherein the fraud detection service compares subsequently received image data to the image stored in the fraud records database.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the product information further identifies at least one web page having a detailed description of the product.

15. A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors of a machine; and
a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a camera-enabled mobile device, a request to prepare a product for publication, the request including an image, the image including information associated with the product being prepared for publication as a listing on a network based publication system, the image taken by the camera: enabled mobile device;
matching, using one or more image processing services, the identifying information included in the received image and one or more additional products;
accessing product information describing the one or more additional products based on the matching of the identifying information included in the received image and the one or more additional products, the product information including one or more additional images associated with the one or more additional products; and
in response to the receiving of the request from the camera-enabled mobile device, causing enhancement of a user interface associated with the camera-enabled device to enable the publication of the product as the listing on the network based publication system to enable viewing of the enhanced user interface by other devices accessing the network based publication system, the causing of the enhancement including:
generating, in an automated operation without user intervention and based on the one or more additional images, one or more selectable additional image features each for selection of a particular additional image via the user interface,
generating one or more input features associated with each one or more selectable additional images, each input feature for receiving additional data associated with the product depicted in the particular additional image, and
presenting, in the user interface, the one or more selectable additional image features and the one or more input features associated with each one or more selectable additional images.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the product information includes price information for the product, wherein the causing further comprises including, in the enhanced user interface, a category for the product and a price for the product, the category and the priced determined based on the product information describing the one or more matching additional products.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the product information includes an additional image of the product.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the product information includes a unique identifier of the product.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the request further includes a user-specified command.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
generating, in an automated operation without user intervention, a publication that includes the particular additional image, based on a selection of a selectable additional image feature, and additional data associated with the product depicted in the particular additional image, based on input via a particular input feature; and
listing, using the publication, the product depicted in the particular additional image on the network based publication system.

21. The system of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving user input spe

Assignees

• Grandhi Roopnath
• Gupta Raghav
• Sundaresan Neelakantan
• Golovnya Denis
• Olson Jeffrey
• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Grandhi Roopnath
• Gupta Raghav
• Sundaresan Neelakantan
• Golovnya Denis
• Olson Jeffrey

Classifications

• G06F16/5862

  using texture · CPC title

• G06F16/5854

  using shape and object relationship · CPC title

• G06F16/5838 Primary

  using colour · CPC title

• G06Q30/02 Primary

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06F16/434

  using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user · CPC title