Information search system
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1. An information search system comprising:
- a database linking and storing records relating to various search objects and feature descriptors serving as conditions for selection of the same;
an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image including a search object;
a feature descriptor generating unit for generating a feature descriptor from an image of a search object included in an image acquired by said image acquiring unit; and
a matching processing unit for searching for a record relating to a search object matching a feature descriptor generated by said feature descriptor generating unit from said database.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal is provided with an imaging unit for acquiring a plurality of frames of images including a search object and a feature descriptor generating unit for generating a feature descriptor from an image of a search object included in the frames. The mobile terminal transmits the feature descriptor generated by the feature descriptor generating unit to a search server. The search server has a matching processing unit. The matching processing unit searches for a record matching with the feature descriptor received from the mobile terminal from a database of the content server.
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1. An information search system comprising:
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a database linking and storing records relating to various search objects and feature descriptors serving as conditions for selection of the same;
an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image including a search object;
a feature descriptor generating unit for generating a feature descriptor from an image of a search object included in an image acquired by said image acquiring unit; and
a matching processing unit for searching for a record relating to a search object matching a feature descriptor generated by said feature descriptor generating unit from said database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A communication terminal comprising:
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a communication unit for communicating with a search server in a network;
an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image including a search object;
a feature descriptor generating unit for generating a feature descriptor from an image of a search object included in the image acquired by the image acquiring unit;
a unit for transmitting the feature descriptor generated by said feature descriptor generating unit to the search server through the communication unit, and receiving a record relating to a search object matching the feature descriptor generated by the feature descriptor generating unit through the communication unit.
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23. A communication terminal comprising:
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a communication unit for communicating with a search server in a network;
an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image including a search object;
a feature descriptor generating unit for transmitting performance exchange information which includes types of feature descriptors able to be provided through the communication unit, receiving information relating to search results to be obtained by a search using the feature descriptors from the search server through the communication unit, determining a feature descriptor for information search based on the received information, generating a feature descriptor corresponding to the determined feature descriptor from an image of a search object included in the image acquired by the image acquiring unit; and
transmitting the feature descriptor to the search server through the communication unit; and
a unit for receiving a search result from the search server through the communication unit.
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24. A search server comprising:
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a communication unit for communicating with a communication terminal in a network;
a matching processing unit for receiving performance exchange information which includes types of feature descriptors able to be provided from the communication terminal through the communication unit, transmitting information relating to search results to be obtained by a search using the feature descriptors corresponding to the performance exchange information, and searching for a record relating to a search object matching a feature descriptor when receiving the feature descriptor from the communication terminal through the communication unit; and
a unit for transmitting the record searched to the communication terminal through the communication unit.
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