US Patent 10191921 System for expanding image search using attributes and associations

A system provides image search results based on a query that includes an attribute or an association and a concept identifier. The query is input into a trained query model to define a search syntax for the query. The search syntax is submitted to an expanded annotated image database that includes a concept image of a concept identified by the concept identifier with a plurality of attributes associated with the concept and a plurality of associations associated with the concept. A query result is received based on matching the defined search syntax to one or more of the attributes or one or more of the associations. The query result includes the concept image of the concept associated with the matched one or more of the attributes or one or more of the associations. The concept image included in the received query result is presented in a display.