Vehicle search system and vehicle search method
First Claim
1. A vehicle search system, comprising:
- an image database for accumulating vehicle images photographed by a stationary camera placed on the road under a condition that the vehicle images are associated with at least photographing date and time information and photographing place information of the vehicle image;
an image recognizing part for extracting feature information representing a feature of a vehicle from the vehicle image;
an image search part for selecting vehicle images from the image database, based on at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information; and
a display processing part for displaying the vehicle images selected by the image search part in a two-dimensional space or a simulated three-dimensional space on a display, in an arrangement in accordance with similarity of at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information.
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Abstract
A vehicle search system is provided, which is capable of easily and efficiently searching for a particular vehicle image based on vague and uncertain information. The vehicle search system includes an image database for accumulating vehicle images photographed by a stationary camera placed on the road under a condition that the vehicle images are associated with at least photographing date and time information and photographing place information of the vehicle image; an image recognizing part for extracting feature information (vehicle color, vehicle shape, etc.) from the vehicle image; an image data managing part for selecting vehicle images from the image database, based on at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information; and a display processing part for displaying the selected vehicle images in a two-dimensional space or a simulated three-dimensional space on a display, in an arrangement in accordance with similarity of at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information.
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1. A vehicle search system, comprising:
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an image database for accumulating vehicle images photographed by a stationary camera placed on the road under a condition that the vehicle images are associated with at least photographing date and time information and photographing place information of the vehicle image;
an image recognizing part for extracting feature information representing a feature of a vehicle from the vehicle image;
an image search part for selecting vehicle images from the image database, based on at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information; and
a display processing part for displaying the vehicle images selected by the image search part in a two-dimensional space or a simulated three-dimensional space on a display, in an arrangement in accordance with similarity of at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product in which a computer program is stored in a storage medium, the computer program allowing a computer to execute the following processing of:
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with respect to an image database for accumulating a vehicle image photographed by a stationary camera placed on the road under a condition that the vehicle image is associated with at least photographing date and time information and photographing place information of the vehicle image, making a search request based on at least either one of the photographing date and time information and the photographing place information;
receiving vehicle images extracted from the image database in accordance with the search request and storing the vehicle images in a memory; and
displaying the vehicle images stored in the memory in a two-dimensional space or a simulated three-dimensional space on a display, in an arrangement in accordance with similarity of at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and feature information representing a feature of a vehicle image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle search method for searching for vehicle images using an image database for accumulating vehicle images photographed by a stationary camera placed on the road under a condition that the vehicle images are associated with at least photographing date and time information and photographing place information of the vehicle image, the method comprising:
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photographing a vehicle to be searched for with the stationary camera;
extracting feature information representing a feature of the vehicle to be searched for from a photographed image;
selecting vehicle images from the image database, based on at least either one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information of the vehicle to be searched for; and
displaying the selected vehicle images in a two-dimensional space or a simulated three-dimensional space on a display, in an arrangement in accordance with similarity of at least one of the photographing date and time information, the photographing place information, and the feature information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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