Image retrieval device, image retrieval method, and storage medium
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsTatsuya Murakami, Motoo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shun Sakai, Yuki Hanzawa, Takahiro Takayama
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Abstract
Included are a reference image retrieving section (23) which retrieves a reference image with use of an entered keyword, a related image retrieving section (25) which retrieves a related image which (i) is included in a related range correlated with the keyword and (ii) relates to the reference image, and an image outputting section (27) which outputs the reference image and the related image as a retrieval result.
Claims8
An image retrieval device that retrieves an image, comprising:
- a character string obtaining section that obtains a character string entered by a user;
- a reference image retrieving section that retrieves a reference image with use of the character string obtained by the character string obtaining section;
- a related range specifying section that specifies a related range correlated with the character string obtained by the character string obtaining section, the related range being specified with reference to related range information where the character string is correlated with the related range that represents a distance range and/or a time range that are based on the reference image;
- a related image retrieving section that retrieves a related image which is included in the related range specified by the related range specifying section and relates to the reference image retrieved by the reference image retrieving section;
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- an output section that outputs, as a retrieval result, the reference image retrieved by the reference image retrieving section, and the related image retrieved by the related image retrieving section.
An image retrieval method that retrieves of retrieving an image, the method comprising:
- obtaining a character string entered by a user;
- retrieving a reference image using the character string obtained in the obtaining;
- specifying a related range correlated with the character string obtained in the obtaining, the related range is specified in reference to related range information where the character string is correlated with the related range that represents a distance range and/or a time range which are based on the reference image;
- retrieving a related image that is included in the related range specified in the specifying and relates to the reference image retrieved in the retrieving the reference image;
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- outputting, as a retrieval result, the reference image retrieved in the retrieving the reference image, and the related image retrieved in the retrieving the related image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.