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Title:
IMAGE-SEARCH APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/111129
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is an image-search apparatus that efficiently searches images. The apparatus is equipped with an image-memory device 202 that records image data from a photographic device 201 - 1 to 201 - n. Further equipped is an image-search apparatus 203 that searches similar images. An image-feature amount registration portion 210 registers by calculating a feature amount of the image data. An image-feature amount recording portion 220 records a feature amount of calculated image data. Also, an image-search portion 230 searches images using an image feature amount based on an input search condition. Still further, a user-interface portion 240 notifies an input search condition to the image search portion 230 to display a search result. Moreover, the image-search portion 230 implements a similar image search using an image feature amount and counts a number of times an image with a high similarity was searched. Still further, the user interface portion 240 displays according to conditions and counts specified by a user in advance.

Inventors:
NAKABAYASHI, Sumie (32 Miyuki-cho, Kodaira-sh, Tokyo 11, 〒1878511, JP)
中林澄江 (〒11 東京都小平市御幸町32番地 株式会社日立国際電気内 Tokyo, 〒1878511, JP)
HIRAI, Seiichi (32 Miyuki-cho, Kodaira-sh, Tokyo 11, 〒1878511, JP)
平井誠一 (〒11 東京都小平市御幸町32番地 株式会社日立国際電気内 Tokyo, 〒1878511, JP)
UCHIKOSHI, Hideaki (32 Miyuki-cho, Kodaira-sh, Tokyo 11, 〒1878511, JP)
Application Number:
JP2010/006029
Publication Date:
September 15, 2011
Filing Date:
October 08, 2010
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Assignee:
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. (14-1, Sotokanda 4-chome Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 80, 〒1018980, JP)
株式会社日立国際電気 (〒80 東京都千代田区外神田四丁目14番1号 Tokyo, 〒1018980, JP)
NAKABAYASHI, Sumie (32 Miyuki-cho, Kodaira-sh, Tokyo 11, 〒1878511, JP)
中林澄江 (〒11 東京都小平市御幸町32番地 株式会社日立国際電気内 Tokyo, 〒1878511, JP)
HIRAI, Seiichi (32 Miyuki-cho, Kodaira-sh, Tokyo 11, 〒1878511, JP)
平井誠一 (〒11 東京都小平市御幸町32番地 株式会社日立国際電気内 Tokyo, 〒1878511, JP)
International Classes:
G06F17/30; G06T1/00; G08B25/00; H04N5/76; H04N7/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HORI, Shiroyuki et al. (1F Shoyu-kaikan Bldg, 3-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 13, 〒1000013, JP)
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