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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Yoneji, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/5854 (2019.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image search apparatus including: an accumulation unit that accumulates search target images; an area detector that learns search priority by analyzing first information extracted from a plurality of first areas included in a plurality of the search target images, analyzes second information extracted from a plurality of second areas included in a query image, and detects the second areas, the search priority of which is high, as conspicuous areas by using the second information; and an image search unit that searches for the search target images by using an image feature extracted from the conspicuous areas.