Techniques for image-based search using touch controls
Techniques for image-based search using touch controls are described. An apparatus may comprise: a processor circuit; a gesture component operative on the processor circuit to receive gesture information from a touch-sensitive screen displaying an image and generate a selection area corresponding to the gesture information; a capture component operative on the processor circuit to extract an image portion of the image corresponding to the selection area; and a search component operative on the processor circuit to perform an image-based search using the extracted image portion. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive an information element comprising an indication of a gesture, the gesture associated with a display displaying a scene comprising an image and a user interface element;
determine a bounding based on the gesture; and
crop the scene based on the bounding, the cropped scene to include at least a part of the image and to exclude the user interface element.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set the cropped scene as a selection area.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , the gesture comprising a scratch gesture.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , the scratch gesture comprising a swipe of a plurality of points across the display.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the bounding as a rectangle, the rectangle having an area traversing a portion of the display that bounds the plurality of points.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 , each swipe of the plurality of points represented by a pair of points corresponding to points recorded for a beginning and an end of each swipe, each of the pair of points comprising an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate.
7. The apparatus of claim 4 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:
determine a horizontal extent of a triangle to span from a minimum x-coordinate of a plurality of x-coordinates of pairs of points for the scratch gesture to a maximum x-coordinate for the plurality of x-coordinates,
determine a vertical extent of the triangle to span from a minimum y-coordinate of a plurality of y-coordinates of the pairs of points for the scratch gesture to a maximum y-coordinate for the plurality of y-coordinates; and
determine the bounding at the triangle.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to identify the gesture based on the indication of the gesture.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , the image comprising a frame from a video, the image presented as part of a playback of the video.
10. A system comprising:
a display displaying a scene, the scene comprising an image and a user interface element;
a processor coupled to the display; and
memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive an information element comprising an indication of a gesture, the gesture associated with the display;
determine a bounding based on the gesture; and
crop the scene based on the bounding, the cropped scene to include at least a part of the image and to exclude the user interface element.
11. The system of claim 10 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set the cropped scene as a selection area.
12. The system of claim 10 , the gesture comprising a scratch gesture.
13. The system of claim 12 , the scratch gesture comprising a swipe of a plurality of points across the display.
14. The system of claim 13 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the bounding as a rectangle, the rectangle having an area traversing a portion of the display that bounds the plurality of points.
15. The system of claim 13 , each swipe of the plurality of points represented by a pair of points corresponding to points recorded for a beginning and an end of each swipe, each of the pair of points comprising an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate.
16. The system of claim 13 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:
determine a horizontal extent of a triangle to span from a minimum x-coordinate of a plurality of x-coordinates of pairs of points for the scratch gesture to a maximum x-coordinate for the plurality of x-coordinates,
determine a vertical extent of the triangle to span from a minimum y-coordinate of a plurality of y-coordinates of the pairs of points for the scratch gesture to a maximum y-coordinate for the plurality of y-coordinates; and
determine the bounding at the triangle.
17. The system of claim 13 , the display comprising a touch-sensitive display, the plurality of points a plurality of touch-points on the touch-sensitive display.
18. The system of claim 10 , the instructions, which when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to identify the gesture based on the indication of the gesture.
19. The system of claim 10 , the image comprising a frame from a video, the image presented as part of a playback of the video.
20. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
receive an information element comprising an indication of a gesture, the gesture associated with a display, the display displaying a scene comprising an image and a user interface element;
determine a bounding based on the gesture; and
crop the scene based on the bounding, the cropped scene to include at least a part of the image and to exclude the user interface element.
21. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to set the cropped scene as a selection area.
22. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , the gesture a swipe gesture and comprising a swipe of a plurality of points across the display.
23. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22 , comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to determine the bounding as a rectangle, the rectangle having an area traversing a portion of the display that bounds the plurality of points.
24. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 , each swipe of the plurality of points represented by a pair of points corresponding to points recorded for a beginning and an end of each swipe, each of the pair of points comprising an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate.
25. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22 , comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:
determine a horizontal extent of a triangle to span from a minimum x-coordinate of a plurality of x-coordinates of pairs of points for the swipe gesture to a maximum x-coordinate for the plurality of x-coordinates,
determine a vertical extent of the triangle to span from a minimum y-coordinate of a plurality of y-coordinates of the pairs of points for the swipe gesture to a maximum y-coordinate for the plurality of y-coordinates; and
determine the bounding at the triangle.