Image retrieval apparatus, image retrieval method, image pickup apparatus, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuuji Takimoto, Katsuhiro Takematsu
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Abstract
An image retrieval apparatus retrieving an image may include metadata selecting means for selecting metadata that concerns the image and that belongs to any of a plurality of categories in response to an operation by a user, image retrieving means for retrieving the image on the basis of the metadata selected across the plurality of categories, and display controlling means for controlling display of the retrieved image.
Claims12
An image retrieval apparatus retrieving an image, the apparatus comprising:
- metadata selecting means for selecting metadata that concerns the image and that belongs to any of a plurality of categories in response to an operation by a user;
- image retrieving means for retrieving the image on the basis of the metadata selected across the plurality of categories;
- and
- display controlling means for controlling display of the retrieved image.
An image retrieval method for an image retrieval apparatus retrieving an image, the method comprising:
- selecting metadata that concerns the image and that belongs to any of a plurality of categories in response to an operation by a user;
- retrieving the image on the basis of the metadata selected across the plurality of categories;
- and
- controlling display of the retrieved image.
A program causing a computer to perform image retrieval processing, the program comprising:
- selecting metadata that concerns the image and that belongs to any of a plurality of categories in response to an operation by a user;
- retrieving the image on the basis of the metadata selected across the plurality of categories;
- and
- controlling display of the retrieved image.
An image pickup apparatus capturing an image, the apparatus comprising:
- recording means for recording the captured image;
- metadata selecting means for selecting metadata that concerns the recorded image and that belongs to any of a plurality of categories in response to an operation by a user;
- image retrieving means for retrieving the recorded image on the basis of the metadata selected across the plurality of categories;
- and
- display controlling means for controlling display of the retrieved image in display means.
An image retrieval apparatus retrieving an image, the apparatus comprising:
- a metadata selecting unit selecting metadata that concerns the image and that belongs to any of a plurality of categories in response to an operation by a user;
- an image retrieving unit that retrieves the image on the basis of the metadata selected across the plurality of categories;
- and
- a display controlling unit that controls display of the retrieved image.
An image pickup apparatus capturing an image, the apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit that records the captured image;
- a metadata selecting unit selecting metadata that concerns the recorded image and that belongs to any of a plurality of categories in response to an operation by a user;
- an image retrieving unit that retrieves the recorded image on the basis of the metadata selected across the plurality of categories;
- and
- a display controlling unit that controls display of the retrieved image in a display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.