IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD

摘要

When a retrieval condition of an attribute list is input from a user interface unit 9 to a retrieval processing unit 10, the attribute list stored in an attribute list storing unit 7 is retrieved in the retrieval processing unit 10. Thereafter, attribute information conforming to the retrieval condition is output to and displayed on a displaying unit 11. Thereafter, when a retrieval condition of the similarity retrieval is input from the user interface unit 9 to the retrieval processing unit 10, image data stored in the image information storing unit 5 is retrieved in the retrieval processing unit 10, and specific image data relating to a characteristic descriptor set conforming to the retrieval condition is selected in the retrieval processing unit 10. Thereafter, the specific image data is output to and displayed on the displaying unit 11.