APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE SEARCH

摘要

One or more representative images extracted from an image group comprising a plurality of images is/are displayed. A part or all of the representative image or images, such as a main subject region or a background region including a search target, is/are selected from the representative image or images, and used for setting search conditions. The image group is searched for an image or images agreeing with the search conditions having been set.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
providing, by a computing system, a first image and a second image for display; extracting, by the computing system, a first image portion of the first image for display; extracting, by the computing system, a second image portion of the second image for display; assigning, by the computing system, a first weight to a first component of the first image portion; assigning, by the computing system, a second weight to a second component of the second image portion; and performing, by the computing system, a search on both the first image portion and the second image portion based on, respectively, the first weight and the second weight.