Identifying product metadata from an item image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11768870-B2
Application number	US-202217994775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2022
Priority date	Feb 15, 2011
Publication date	Sep 26, 2023
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023

Abstract

A metadata extraction machine accesses an image that depicts an item. The item depicted in the image may have an attribute that describes a characteristic of the item and an attribute descriptor that corresponds to the attribute of the item and specifies a value of the attribute. The metadata extraction machine performs an analysis of the image. The analysis may include identifying the attribute descriptor corresponding to the attribute based on image segmentation of the image. The metadata extraction machine transmits a communication to a device of a user based on the identifying of the attribute descriptor corresponding to the attribute of the item depicted in the image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
accessing an image on a network-based system that depicts a first item, the first item depicted in the image having an attribute that describes a characteristic of the first item and one or more attribute descriptors that correspond to the attribute of the first item and specify a value of the attribute;
based on an image segmentation of the image, identifying the one or more attribute descriptors including identifying a design on the first item depicted in the image and prohibited information related to the one or more attribute descriptors; and
transmitting, to a user device of a user of the network-based system, a recommendation of a second item having at least one attribute that matches the one or more attribute descriptors of the first item.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise removing the first image from the network-based system based on the prohibited information.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the attribute comprises a word, a phrase, a number, or a code; and
the one or more attribute descriptors comprise an alphanumeric string of characters, the word, the phrase, the number, a color, a size, a shape, or the code.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting, to a user device, a communication including the one or more identified attribute descriptors and the prohibited information corresponding to the attribute of the first item depicted in the image.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
performing the image segmentation, the performing comprising determining a foreground of the first image and segmenting the first item from the foreground of the first image.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
adding the one or more attribute descriptors to metadata associated with the first item.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying a second attribute descriptor, the second attribute descriptor being based on a first pattern associated with the first item; and
adding the second attribute descriptor to metadata associated with the first item.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting a communication to a client device of a seller based on the prohibited information, the communication including a request to provide a second image without the prohibited information.

9. A method comprising:
accessing, by a processor, an image on a network-based system that depicts a first item, the first item depicted in the image having an attribute that describes a characteristic of the first item and one or more attribute descriptors that correspond to the attribute of the first item and specify a value of the attribute;
identifying, using the processor, the one or more attribute descriptors including identifying a design on the first item depicted in the image and prohibited information related to the one or more attribute descriptors, based on an image segmentation of the image; and
transmitting, to a user device of a user of the network-based system, a recommendation of a second item having at least one attribute that matches the one or more attribute descriptors of the first item.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
removing the first image from the network-based system based on the prohibited information.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein:
the attribute comprises a word, a phrase, a number, or a code; and
the one or more attribute descriptors comprise an alphanumeric string of characters, the word, the phrase, the number, a color, a size, a shape, or the code.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
transmitting, to a user device, a communication including the one or more identified attribute descriptors and the prohibited information corresponding to the attribute of the first item depicted in the image.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
performing the image segmentation, the performing comprising determining a foreground of the first image and segmenting the first item from the foreground of the first image.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
adding the one or more attribute descriptors to metadata associated with the first item.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
identifying a second attribute descriptor, the second attribute descriptor being based on a first pattern associated with the first item; and
adding the second attribute descriptor to metadata associated with the first item.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
transmitting a communication to a client device of a seller based on the prohibited information, the communication including a request to provide a second image without the prohibited information.

17. A non-transitory storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
accessing an image that depicts a first item on a network-based system, the first item depicted in the image having an attribute that describes a characteristic of the first item and one or more attribute descriptors that correspond to the attribute of the first item and specify a value of the attribute;
based on an image segmentation of the image, identifying the one or more attribute descriptors including identifying a design on the first item depicted in the image and prohibited information related to the one or more attribute descriptors; and
transmitting, to a user device of a user of the network-based system, a recommendation of a second item having at least one attribute that matches the one or more attribute descriptors of the first item.

18. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
removing the first image from the network-based system based on the prohibited information.

19. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17 , wherein:
the attribute comprises a word, a phrase, a number, or a code; and
the one or more attribute descriptors comprise an alphanumeric string of characters, the word, the phrase, the number, a color, a size, a shape, or the code.

20. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the identifying the one or more attribute descriptors comprises:
determining a foreground of the first image and segmenting the first item from the foreground of the first image;
identifying a second attribute descriptor, the second attribute descriptor being based on a first pattern associated with the first item;
adding the second attribute descriptor to metadata associated with the first item; and
providing a recommendation to a user device based on the second attribute descriptor added to the metadata associated with the first item.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Ghatare Sanjay Pundlkrao
• Dasdan Ali
• Chittar Naren

Classifications

• G06F16/5846 Primary

  using extracted text · CPC title

• G06F16/5854

  using shape and object relationship · CPC title

• G06Q30/02 Primary

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06T7/11

  Region-based segmentation · CPC title

• G06T7/162

  involving graph-based methods · CPC title