METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING VISUAL OBJECT CATEGORIES FROM A DATABASE CONTAINING IMAGES - Patent 1730658

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EP 1 730 658 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/50

(21)	Application number: 05729251.8

(22)	Date of filing: 11.03.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 17/30^(2006.01)

G06K 9/62^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB2005/001124

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/096178 (13.10.2005 Gazette 2005/41)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

31.03.2004 GB 0407252

(71)	Applicant: ISIS INNOVATION LIMITED
	Summertown, Oxford OX2 7SG (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	ZISSERMAN, Andrew Jericho, Oxford OX2 6BG (GB) FERGUS, Robert Oxford OX1 3PJ (GB) PERONA, Pietro Altadena, CA 91001 (US)

(74)	Representative: Strachan, Victoria Jane
	Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Alexandra House, 1 Alexandra Road Swansea SA1 5ED Swansea SA1 5ED (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING VISUAL OBJECT CATEGORIES FROM A DATABASE CONTAINING IMAGES