Image processing system including image priority
An image recognition approach employs both computer generated and manual image reviews to generate image tags characterizing an image. The computer generated and manual image reviews can be performed sequentially or in parallel. The generated image tags may be provided to a requester in real-time, be used to select an advertisement, and/or be used as the basis of an internet search. In some embodiments generated image tags are used as a basis for an upgraded image review. A confidence of a computer generated image review may be used to determine whether or not to perform a manual image review.
1. An image processing system comprising:
an I/O configured to communicate an image and image tags over a communication network;
an image ranker configured to determine a priority for tagging the image;
destination logic configured to determine a destination to send the image to, for a manual review of the image by a human reviewer;
image posting logic configured to post the image to the destination;
review logic configured to receive the manual review of the image from the destination, the manual review including one or more image tags characterizing contents of the image;
memory configured to store the one or more image tags in a data structure;
an automatic identification interface configured to communicate the image to an automatic identification system and to receive a computer generated review of the image from the automatic identification system, the computer generated review including one or more image tags characterizing contents of the image, the computer generated review also including a measure of confidence representative of a confidence that the one or more image tags of the computer generated review correctly characterize the contents of the image; and
a microprocessor configured to execute at least the image ranker, wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on the measure of confidence.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on the one or more image tags of the computer generated review.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to select between sending the image to the automatic identification system or to the destination, the selection being based on the priority.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the destination logic is further configured to determine the destination based on the priority.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to select between tagging the image and not tagging the image, based on the priority.
6. An image processing system comprising:
an I/O configured to communicate an image and image tags over a communication network;
an image ranker configured to determine a priority for tagging the image;
destination logic configured to determine a destination to send the image to, for a manual review of the image by a human reviewer;
image posting logic configured to post the image to the destination;
review logic configured to receive the manual review of the image from the destination, the manual review including one or more image tags characterizing contents of the image;
memory configured to store the one or more image tags in a data structure; and
a microprocessor configured to execute at least the image ranker, wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on how often a webpage including the image is viewed.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on a type of webpage including the image.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on how often advertisements assigned to the image are clicked.
9. An image processing system comprising:
an I/O configured to communicate an image and image tags over a communication network;
an image ranker configured to determine a priority for tagging the image;
destination logic configured to determine a destination to send the image to, for a manual review of the image by a human reviewer;
image posting logic configured to post the image to the destination;
review logic configured to receive the manual review of the image from the destination, the manual review including one or more image tags characterizing contents of the image;
memory configured to store the one or more image tags in a data structure; and
a microprocessor configured to execute at least the image ranker, wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on an identity of a source of the image.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on text included on a same webpage as the image.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on metadata included on a same webpage as the image.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on a ranking of a webpage including the image.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image ranker is further configured to determine the priority based on a number of webpages that include the image.
14. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an advertising system configured to assign advertisements to the image based on the one or more tags.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image posting logic is further configured to provide the image to the destination while the image is being reviewed by an automatic identification system.
16. The system of claim 1 , further comprising memory configured to store images and tags representative of the images in a data structure.
17. The system of claim 1 , further comprising content processing logic configured to extract the image from an image source, wherein the image source is a photo sharing website or a social networking website.
18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the destination is one of a plurality of destinations each associated with a different human image reviewer.