Patent ID: 9495609
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06K,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for identifying a best item among a plurality of respective different items, the method comprising: receiving previously collected image data via an input; selecting a current best score based on the image data; identifying a set of attributes associated with each of the items; identifying respective first component values for each of the sets of attributes; identifying the first component values greater than a predetermined threshold value; sorting the first component values greater than the predetermined threshold value; and for each of the sets of attributes, for reducing a time to identify the item by: for each of the sorted first component values greater than the predetermined threshold, performing both of the determining steps and the setting step in an order based on the sorted first component values; after both of the determining steps and the setting step for each of the sets of attributes, identifying the item associated with the current best score; transmitting data of the item, via an output, to a display; and displaying the item to a user.