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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A search unit () of an image selection apparatus () includes a query acquisition unit () and an image selection unit (). The query acquisition unit () acquires query information indicating a pose of a person. The image selection unit () selects at least one target image from a plurality of images subject to selection by using the query information. Herein, the query information includes relative positions of a plurality of keypoints indicating different portions of a human body from each other. Then, the image selection unit () selects the at least one target image by using a relative position of the keypoint of a person included in the image subject to selection, at least one of a kind of a lacking keypoint and a number of lacking keypoints, and the query information, the lacking keypoint being the keypoint that lacks in the person.