Granted Patent B2

US 12,367,232 · App. 17/606,862 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Inventors: Dehua Cui (Redmond, WA); Albert Joseph Kishan Thambiratnam (Redmond, CN); Lin Su (Redmond, WA)

Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

G06F16/532G06F16/538

Abstract

Claims (36)

1. A method for generative image acquisition, comprising:

receiving a query that specifies a first component and a second component relating to features of an image;

obtaining a first set of images retrieved according to the query;

determining that the first set of images has the first component and a third component, the third component being different from the second component, wherein the second component has an attribute and the third component has an attribute;

comparing the first set of images to the query;

determining that the second component is missing from the first set of images compared to the query thereby identifying the second component as a missing component;

modifying one of the first set of images to replace the third component with the second component to generate a second set of images based on the first set of images, the second set of images including the second component, wherein a generating module modifies the one of the first set of images by changing the third component attribute in the one of the first set of images to the second component attribute; and

presenting the second set of images.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each one of the first component, the second component, and the third component includes an object and/or an attribute associated with the object.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

constructing a derived query based on the missing component;

obtaining a third set of images retrieved according to the derived query;

combining the first set of images and the third set of images; and

adding the combined first and third sets of images into the second set of images.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a matching degree of an additional image with the derived query satisfies a matching degree threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that a number of images included in the first set of images and the second set of images that satisfies the query meets a predetermined threshold; and

stopping the modifying.

6. An apparatus for generative image acquisition, comprising:

a receiving module for receiving a query that specifies a first component and a second component relating to features of an image;

an obtaining module for obtaining a first set of images retrieved according to the query;

a determining module for determining that the first set of images has the first component and a third component, the third component being different from the second component, wherein the second component has an attribute and the third component has an attribute;

a module for comparing the first set of images to the query;

a module for determining that the second component is missing from the first set of images compared to the query thereby identifying the second component as a missing component;

a generating module for modifying one of the first set of images to replace the third component with the second component to generate a second set of images based on the first set of images, the second set of images including the second component, wherein a generating module modifies the one of the first set of images by changing the third component attribute in the one of the first set of images to the second component attribute; and

a module for presenting the second set of images.

7. An apparatus for generative image acquisition, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:

receiving a query that specifies a first component and a second component relating to features of an image;

obtaining a first set of images retrieved according to the query;

determining that the first set of images has the first component and a third component, the third component being different from the second component, wherein the second component has an attribute and the third component has an attribute;

comparing the first set of images to the query;

determining that the second component is missing from the first set of images compared to the query thereby identifying the second component as a missing component;

modifying one of the first set of images to replace the third component with the second component to generate a second set of images based on the first set of images, the second set of images including the second component, wherein a generating module modifies the one of the first set of images by changing the third component attribute in the one of the first set of images to the second component attribute; and

presenting the second set of images.

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