Retrieval method using image information

Abstract

For retrieving attribute information through image information which is not linked with the attribute information: displaying on a display screen the first image information corresponding with attribute information and second image information that has a common attribute with the first image information; and storing a correspondence between the first image information and the second image information in response to an input of an instruction to confirm the correspondence between the first image information and the second image information, and retrieving and displaying the attribute information on the basis of the stored correspondence between the first image information and the second image information as well as correspondence information between the first image information and the attribute information, in response to an input for object choice indicated by the second image information.

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