Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Work

Thomas R. Work has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Image query system and method
    Patent number: 5579471
    Abstract: Images in an image database are searched in response to queries which include the visual characteristics of the images such as colors, textures, shapes, and sizes, as well as by textual tags appended to the images. Queries are constructed in an image query construction area in response to values of representations of the visual characteristics and to locations of the representations in the image query construction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Barber, Bradley J. Beitel, William R. Equitz, Carlton W. Niblack, Dragutin Petkovic, Thomas R. Work, Peter C. Yanker