| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and method for image retrieval which can retrieve desired image data fast with high precision and the computer-readable memory. SOLUTION: A character string as a retrieval condition is inputted from an input part 2. An area division part 7 divides the image data into areas by attributes and a color decision part 8 decides the color of an area having a specific attribute among the divided areas. According to the decided color, a recognition part 9 performs character recognition in the area having the specific attribute. Then a retrieval part 6 compares the recognized character string with the inputted character string and outputs image data meeting the retrieval condition to a display part 11 according to the comparison result.</p> |
