JP2012242878A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (3)

A similar image search system for storing image data of a plurality of captured images, extracting a feature amount of the image, and searching for an image having a high similarity with a feature amount of a designated key image,
A first user interface for displaying a list of search result images;
A second user interface that accepts an input for designating each of the search result images as either a selected state or a non-selected state;
A third user interface that accepts an input of an arbitrary keyword given to the image in the selected state,
The second user interface automatically selects at least one of the images that are similar to the feature amount of the key image among the search result images, and automatically selects the image.
The third user interface presents keywords assigned to an image similar to the image in the selected state in descending order of similarity as keyword candidates to be assigned to the image in the selected state. Similar image search system.   The keyword candidates are keywords assigned to the key image used when obtaining the search results displayed in the list, or keywords assigned to the search result image. The similar image search system according to claim 1, wherein candidates are presented. The similar image search system has an appearance event search function that is an image search method that does not depend on the similarity of images,
When the second user interface accepts an operation for selecting an image as a result of the appearance event search, a similar image search is performed using the selected image as a key image, and a keyword has been assigned to the result of the similar image search The similar image search system according to claim 1, wherein, if an image is included, the keyword is presented as an assignment candidate.