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Image search device, image search method, program, and computer-readable storage medium

US9588991B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 2011
Grant dateMar 7, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 8, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/95
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image search device includes a common memory and a plurality of parallel processors for executing a same instruction. The image search device transfers, from storage, a plurality of representative feature vectors, which respectively represent a plurality of clusters including a plurality of image feature vectors, stores, in the common memory, one or more query feature vectors extracted from an image serving as a query, calculates a distance between the plurality of transferred representative feature vectors and the query feature vector using the plurality of parallel processors, and selects one or more of a plurality of images based on a distance between the plurality of image feature vectors, which belong to the cluster selected by the calculated distance, and the query feature vector.

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