Patent ID: 8611673

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for searching, sorting and displaying images, the method comprising: (a) identifying one or more objects within a first image of a plurality of images, each of the one or more objects being associated with a first location in the first image, and undertaking the following steps for each of the one or more objects: (i) identifying the object within at least one of the remaining images of the plurality of images to define second images, the object being associated with one or more second locations in the second images; and (ii) creating links by means of one or more computer processors, between the first location and the one or more second locations, said links defining a link structure between the first image and the second images; (b) obtaining a user selection of a location of a selected image that identifies a search object, said search object being a linked object or an unlinked object in the first image; (c) sorting the plurality of images by utilizing the search object as input for a sorting mode operable to: (i) identify the distance between the search object and at least one secondary object in the first image as a first image proximity; (ii) use the links between first and second locations to locate associated objects in the remaining images of the plurality of images; (iii) interpolate the location of the search object in the remaining images by using the distance between the search object and at least one secondary object in the first image, and the locations of the associated objects in the remaining images of the plurality of images; and (iv) sort the plurality of images by a review of relative distances between image objects in the plurality of images based on the first image proximity; and (d) displaying the one or more sorted images.