US9008435B2
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Embodiments enable searching of portions of objects in images, including programmatically analyzing each image in a collection in order to determine image data that, for indi vidual images in the collection, represents one or more visual characteristics of a portion of an object shown in that image. A user is enabled to specify one or more search criteria that includes image data, and a search result may be determined based on one or more images in the collection that show a corresponding object that has a portion that satisfies a thresh old. The threshold is defined at least in part by the one or more search criteria.
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