Image retrieval system, image retrieval program and storage medium and image retrieval method
US7409110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/583
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image retrieval system including: a retrieval subject image storing unit storing images corresponding to first and second characteristic information among semantic characteristic information, physical characteristic information and prominence characteristic information; a retrieval key inputting unit inputting the first and second characteristic information as the retrieval key; a characteristic information converting unit obtaining remaining characteristic information, the physical characteristic information and the prominence characteristic information based on the two semantic characteristics, the physical characteristic and the prominence characteristic information; and an image retrieval unit retrieving an image matching or being approximate to third characteristic information other than the first and second characteristic information among the semantic characteristic, the physical characteristic and the prominence characteristic information, from the retrieval subject image storing unit by the characteristic information converting unit based on the first and second characteristic information, which are inputted by the retrieval key inputting unit.
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