RETRIEVAL METHOD AND DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a comfortable content viewing environment while saving the load of input operation in retrieval of a phrase or an image in a content for which detailed information is desired.

SOLUTION: User instruction information command 1 such as a position designated by a user on the content or the user's motion is imaged by an imaging means INPUT 1 to obtain input images IMGin1 and IMGin1. The image IMGin1 retains instruction information or motion information of the user to a retrieval object contents, and the image IMGin2 retains instruction information of a retrieval result presentation position by the user. In a retrieval key detection means SD, a retrieval keyword or an image (hereinafter collectively referred to as retrieval key COMin1) is detected by image recognition. In a retrieval means SEAR1, a retrieval algorithm is applied to the retrieval key COMin1 to acquire a retrieval result Sdat.

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