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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Arakawa, Nagareyama, JP;
Ritsuko Otake, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image retrieving device capable of retrieving an image using a local feature quantity, the image retrieving device includes a memory, and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to perform operations including receiving a designation of a retrieval condition corresponding to a retrieval source image, determining whether to use a feature quantity of a local image having scale invariance on the basis of the retrieval condition, and performing control to calculate the feature quantity of the local image having scale invariance if it is determined to use the feature quantity of the local image having scale invariance, and performing control not to calculate the feature quantity of the local image having scale invariance if it is determined not to use the feature quantity of the local image having scale invariance.