Patents by Inventor Xurui Feng

Xurui Feng 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).

  • Patent number: 8577153
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for creating a sample image index table, filtering image, and searching image, to improve accuracy of monitoring images. A method for image filtering comprises: establishing a sample image index table; extracting regional characteristics from an image to be searched; clustering the regional characteristics of the image to be searched into corresponding nodes; obtaining a corresponding sample image identification by indexing the sample image index table using node identifications of the nodes of the image to be searched; determining a number of duplicate nodes between the image to be searched and the sample image; obtaining a degree of similarity of the image to be searched based on a number of the nodes of the image to be searched and a number of the nodes of the sample image; and filtering out the image to be searched when a degree of similarity between the image to be searched and the sample image exceeds a similarity threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Manni Duan, Xinci Wen, Xurui Feng
  • Publication number: 20120275705
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for creating a sample image index table, filtering image, and searching image, to improve accuracy of monitoring images. A method for image filtering comprises: establishing a sample image index table; extracting regional characteristics from an image to be searched; clustering the regional characteristics of the image to be searched into corresponding nodes; obtaining a corresponding sample image identification by indexing the sample image index table using node identifications of the nodes of the image to be searched; determining a number of duplicate nodes between the image to be searched and the sample image; obtaining a degree of similarity of the image to be searched based on a number of the nodes of the image to be searched and a number of the nodes of the sample image; and filtering out the image to be searched when a degree of similarity between the image to be searched and the sample image exceeds a similarity threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Manni Duan, Xinci Wen, Xurui Feng