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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided with an image searching apparatus. A searching unit searches a plurality of search target images for an image relating to a query image based on a first similarity to the query image by a first evaluation scheme. A first obtaining unit obtains a feedback indicating correct or incorrect regarding the searched image. A second obtaining unit obtains an evaluation of an effect of changing a similarity evaluation scheme to a second evaluation scheme from the first evaluation scheme in accordance with the feedback. A control unit controls, in accordance with the evaluation of the effect, a search of the plurality of search target images for the image relating to the query image based on a second similarity to the query image by the second evaluation scheme.