ASSOCIATIVE RETRIEVAL DEVICE OF IMAGE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an associative retrieval device of an image and its method allowing a user to freely and easily execute associative retrieval of the image. SOLUTION: This associative retrieval device is provided with: an image display means having an image display region for viewing the image and an index display region for displaying index information; a point detection means for detecting point positions for the display regions; an object control means for previously registering matter or sound in a moving image appearing in the image; and a control means for defining the state of the image to be subsequently reproduced from the point information obtained from the point detection means and logical structure description of a certain image separately stored. Even if a desired scene can not be identified by the index information, multilateral image retrieval associatively using the respective displays can be carried out such that the scene is finally obtained by finding a scene where a clue as to the scene appears and by associatively retrieving the desired scene based on it. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO