| 摘要 |
<p>Image searching method and apparatus capable of performing high quality search out of image database by using color information. A sample image which is used as a key to search, and which is made by the operator, is inputted by the sample image input unit 30, and the sample color information extraction unit 50 extracts the HSV color space data out of the sample image, and the image color information extraction unit 40 extracts the HSV color image data from the image database 20. Contribution factors deciding unit 60 decides a contribution factor of each component in the HSV color space, then the candidate image deciding unit 70 calculates similarity, and decides the image candidates, then those images are displayed on the display unit 90. the control unit 80 controls entire image searching apparatus. <IMAGE></p> |
