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(11) EP 4 805 918 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
16.09.2026 Bulletin 2026/38

(21) Application number: 24829342.5

(22) Date of filing: 12.12.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06V 10/44(2022.01)
G06V 10/82(2022.01)
G06N 3/045(2023.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G06V 10/82; G06N 3/045; G06V 10/454; G06N 3/084; G06N 3/088
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/059876
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/128886 (19.06.2025 Gazette 2025/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 12.12.2023 US 202363609299 P

(71) Applicant: Google LLC
Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • YU, Jiahui
    Bellevue, Washington 98004 (US)
  • ZHANG, Zhishuai
    Mountain View, California 94043 (US)
  • QIAO, Siyuan
    Mountain View, California 94043 (US)
  • WATERS, Austin Severn
    Mountain View, California 94043 (US)
  • WU, Yonghui
    Mountain View, California 94043 (US)

(74) Representative: Hau, Darren Jun Wai 
Venner Shipley LLP St James's 79 Oxford Street
Manchester M1 6EG
Manchester M1 6EG (GB)

   


(54) CONTRASTIVE IMAGE CAPTIONING NEURAL NETWORKS WITH VECTOR QUANTIZATION