Towards content-based patent image retrieval: A framework perspective

World Patent Information

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-106

  Vrochidis, Stefanos ^a   Papadopoulos, Symeon ^a   Moumtzidou, Anastasia ^a   Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Pianta, Emanuelle ^b   Kompatsiaris, Ioannis ^a  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Content based search; Drawings; Figures; Hybrid; Images; Patent; Retrieval; Search engine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949492822     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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