摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of searching for a still image or a moving image of a human in consideration of privacy, so that an unspecified number of users can share and search for images requiring consideration of privacy at ease.SOLUTION: A method of searching for a human image includes the steps of: performing personal confirmation of a user of image search; registering, by the user, an authorized face image of a person as a search key; searching the database that holds in advance pieces of feature information of persons captured in an image, with the search key registered by the user; searching for and displaying only the person indicated by the registered search key; and performing privacy protection processing on face images other than the face image of the person indicated by the search key, so as to protect privacy of other persons.</p> |