International Business Machines Corporation
Generating search determinations for assortment planning using visual sketches

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating search determinations for assortment planning and buying using visual sketches are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes processing a query image by identifying one or more visual features in the query image and applying at least one nearest neighbor algorithm to the one or more identified visual features; identifying, from one or more databases, multiple images based at least in part on the processing; generating a result set by applying one or more smoothing algorithms to the multiple identified images; generating at least one sketch based at least in part on the result set; and outputting the at least one generated sketch to one or more users via a user interface.