Image retrieval method and apparatus

Details Image retrieval method and apparatus Image retrieval method and apparatus

2007-03-20

2007-03-20

Gaffin, Jeffrey (Department: 2161)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C382S217000

Reexamination Certificate

active

09818391

ABSTRACT:
A plurality of images and image features of each of the plurality of images are stored in a form correlated with the images in an external storage device of an image retrieval apparatus. In retrieval of a desired image from the plurality of images that have been stored in the external storage device, a plurality of image features regarding one image are acquired by varying, over a predetermined range, each of the image features that have been stored in the external storage device. A fuzzy image search is conducted by calculating the degree of similarity between each of the plurality of images and a retrieval source image based upon the image features that have been acquired and the image features of the retrieval-source image.

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