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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image retrieval apparatus acquires an image to be processed, the image to be processed including at least one article. The image retrieval apparatus specifies, as an association image, a product image of a product having an evaluation value that has a predetermined relationship with an evaluation value of the article included in the image to be processed, from among product images of a plurality of products each belonging to a particular category, the particular category being different from a category to which the article included in the image to be processed belongs. The image to be processed and the specified association image may be output in association with each other.