Information retrieving apparatus and method therefor, and memory medium storing program therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasanobu Funakoshi
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Abstract
In an information retrieval apparatus for retrieving, from a database, information of a predetermined number in the descending order to degree of matching with the entered retrieving condition, in displaying the images corresponding to the results of retrieval, the size and position of the image are so determined that the image becomes larger in size and closer to the center of the display unit with a higher degree of matching whereby the degree of matching can be directly understood. Also within the positions of a same distance from the center, the display position is so determined as to minimize the overlapping with other results of retrieval whereby the results can be displayed in an easily observable manner.
Claims23
An information retrieval apparatus comprising:
- calculation means for calculating a degree of coincidence between a search condition being input and each information to be retrieved in a database;
- determination means for determining, on results of retrieval respectively for the plural information to be retrieved of a high degree of coincidence, an output feature amount of each result of retrieval according to each degree of coincidence;
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- output means for outputting said results of retrieval based on each output feature amount, such that information having a higher degree of coincidence is output in a larger size at a position closer to a center of an output part.
An information retrieval method comprising:
- a calculation step of calculating a degree of coincidence between a search condition being input and each information to be retrieved in a database;
- a determination step of determining, on results of retrieval respectively for the plural information to be retrieved of a high degree of coincidence, an output feature amount of each result of retrieval according to each degree of coincidence;
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- an output step of outputting said results of retrieval based on each output feature amount, such that information having a higher degree of coincidence is output in a larger size at a position closer to a center of an output part.
A computer readable storage medium storing an information retrieval program for controlling a computer to perform information retrieval, said program comprising codes for causing the computer to perform:
- a calculation step of calculating a degree of coincidence between a search condition being input and each information to be retrieved in a database;
- a determination step of determining, on results of retrieval respectively for the plural information to be retrieved of a high degree of coincidence, an output feature amount of each result of retrieval according to each degree of coincidence;
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- an output step of outputting said results of retrieval based on each output feature amount, such that information having a higher degree of coincidence is output in a larger size at a position closer to a center of an output part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.