Retrieval method using image information
First Claim
1. A data retrieval method, performed by a data storing, inputting, outputting and handling system, including the steps of:
- maintaining attribute information in storage;
maintaining first image information in storage and linked with the attribute information;
maintaining second image information in storage, which second image information has approximate partial positional correspondence with the first image information;
receiving identification of a user chosen object in the second image information as a key;
linking the second image information to the first image information by the key;
retrieving at least some of the attribute information from storage by said linking step; and
thereafter outputting the at least some of the attribute information relating to the object.
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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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1. A data retrieval method, performed by a data storing, inputting, outputting and handling system, including the steps of:
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maintaining attribute information in storage; maintaining first image information in storage and linked with the attribute information; maintaining second image information in storage, which second image information has approximate partial positional correspondence with the first image information; receiving identification of a user chosen object in the second image information as a key; linking the second image information to the first image information by the key; retrieving at least some of the attribute information from storage by said linking step; and thereafter outputting the at least some of the attribute information relating to the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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