Patent ID: 8611695
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying patches for enhancing an original image, comprising: generating global descriptors describing a plurality of received images and patch descriptors describing patches within the received images, wherein generating patch descriptors describing patches within the received images comprises: generating one or more searchable data structures for the received images responsive to the global descriptors and the patch descriptors; generating a global descriptor describing an original image and a patch descriptor describing a patch of the original image for which enhancement is desired; searching, using the global descriptor describing the original image and the patch descriptor describing the patch of the original image, the one or more searchable data structures; identifying, responsive to the search, a set of patches within the received images suitable for enhancing the patch of the original image; and storing the set of patches suitable for enhancing the patch of the original image.