IMAGE SEARCH DEVICE AND IMAGE SEARCH METHOD
First Claim
1. An image search device comprising:
- an image storage unit that stores therein a plurality of pieces of image data;
an element-information storage unit that stores therein a plurality of pieces of element information indicative of element items assigned respectively to the pieces of the image data stored in the image storage unit;
a target-image selecting unit that selects target image data from the image data stored in the image storage unit;
a target-image displaying unit that displays the target image data selected by the target-image selecting unit on a display unit;
a relevant-image selecting unit that selects a predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data that contain at least one of the pieces of element information identical to the piece of element information assigned to the target image data in such a manner that the predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data contain at least one image that has a different combination of the pieces of element information; and
a relevant-image displaying unit that displays, on the display unit, the predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data selected by the relevant-image selecting unit.
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Abstract
An image search device includes a target-image selecting unit that selects target image data from recorded image data; a target-image displaying unit that displays the selected target-image data on a display unit; a relevant-image selecting unit that selects relevant image data that contains a predetermined number of images each having at least one element item identical to the corresponding piece of element information assigned to the target image data in such a manner that the relevant image data contains at least one image that has combination of the element items that is different from combination of the element items assigned to the other relevant images; and a relevant-image displaying unit that displays, on the display unit, the selected relevant image data containing the predetermined number of the images.
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10 Claims
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1. An image search device comprising:
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an image storage unit that stores therein a plurality of pieces of image data; an element-information storage unit that stores therein a plurality of pieces of element information indicative of element items assigned respectively to the pieces of the image data stored in the image storage unit; a target-image selecting unit that selects target image data from the image data stored in the image storage unit; a target-image displaying unit that displays the target image data selected by the target-image selecting unit on a display unit; a relevant-image selecting unit that selects a predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data that contain at least one of the pieces of element information identical to the piece of element information assigned to the target image data in such a manner that the predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data contain at least one image that has a different combination of the pieces of element information; and a relevant-image displaying unit that displays, on the display unit, the predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data selected by the relevant-image selecting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image search method comprising:
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selecting target image data from image data stored; displaying the selected target image data; selecting, on the basis of a plurality of pieces of element information indicative of element items assigned respectively to the pieces of the image data, a predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data that contain at least one of the pieces of element information identical to the piece of element information assigned to the target image data in such a manner that the predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data contain at least one image that has a different combination of the pieces of element information; and displaying the predetermined number of pieces of relevant image data selected.
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