Patent Document ID: 8457416
Application ID: 11956333

Base Claim:
1. A system for estimating word correlations, comprising: a processor; and a computer readable storage media having stored thereupon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising: providing a first image representation set having a first plurality of images representing a first word in response to a first search based at least in part on the first word and a second image representation set having a second plurality of images representing a second word in response to a second search based at least in part on the second word; extracting, from at least one image of the first image representation set and from at least one image of the second image representation set, multi-modal visual features; and estimating a correlation between the first word and the second word at least partially based on a calculation of a mathematical function having at least the extracted multi-modal visual features corresponding to the first image representation set and at least the extracted multi-modal visual features corresponding to the second image representation set as variables thereto, wherein estimating the correlation includes: selecting one of a first correlation function for a calculation of an inter-set visual aspect correlation based on multiple images of the first image representation set and multiple images of the second image representation set and a second correlation function for a calculation of an intra-set visual aspect correlation based on multiple images within one of the first image representation set and the second image representation set; and calculating the selected correlation function.

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Claim 6:
6. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising: providing a set of images representing conjunction of the first word and the second word, the set of images comprising a third plurality of images, wherein estimating the correlation between the first word and second word is further based on visual features of the set of images representing conjunction of the first word and the second word.