Patent Document ID: 9779291
Application ID: 14881092

Base Claim:
1. A computerized method for classifying images, comprising: receiving an image hierarchy; receiving a first image of interest wherein the image includes at least one feature; classifying the at least one feature of the image according to the image hierarchy; generating a dual variable for a Lagrange function associated with the classification of the at least one feature, where the dual variable controls a trade-off between an information gain and an accuracy; optimizing the classification of the at least one feature of the image using the dual variable controlling the trade-off between the information gain and the accuracy by generating a classifier that maximizes a relationship between the information gain and the accuracy with respect to the dual variable; and generating at least one optimized classification of the at least one feature of the image for the first image of interest.

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Claim 9:
9. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the Lagrange function can be evaluated using the following expression: 
 L ( f ,λ)= R ( f )+λ(Φ( f )−1−∈) where L(f,λ) is the Lagrange function, f is the classifier, λ is the dual variable, R(f) is the information gain, Φ(f) is the accuracy, and ∈ is an arbitrary accuracy value.