Patent Document ID: 8965145
Application ID: 13729458

Base Claim:
1. A dispatcher apparatus having: one or more processors; a segmenter stored on a memory and executable by the one or more processors, the segmenter for receiving an image query including an image and segmenting the image into one or more content-type specific queries; a distributor stored on the memory and executable by the one or more processors, the distributor coupled to the segmenter for submitting the one or more content-type specific queries to one or more coupled corresponding content-type index tables for recognition; and an integrator stored on the memory and executable by the one or more processors, the integrator for receiving recognition results from the one or more corresponding content-type index tables, integrating the recognition results into an integrated result based on a level of agreement between the recognition results and transmitting the integrated result.

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Claim 5:
5. The dispatcher apparatus of claim 1 , wherein integrating the recognition results comprises consideration of at least one factor selected from a competence factor associated with the recognition results, context information for the recognition results, surface area of an image segment, and prior probability of correctness for the one or more corresponding content-type index tables.