Image retrieving apparatus

摘要

An image retrieving apparatus having a reading unit for reading the image of an original, a comparing unit for comparing the image data of the original outputted from the reading unit with a plurality of image data stored in a storage medium, and a retrieving unit for outputting one of the image data generally coincident with the image data of the original from the storage medium, and the discrimination information for discriminating the image data generally coincident, in accordance with the comparison result by the comparing unit.