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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1998
Hiroshi Shibazaki, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a tendency search phase, the user tentatively selects at least a predetermined number of plural images among displayed images. A computer system checks keywords of the tentatively selected images, which have been registered previously in an image database, in order to extract a common keyword that is common to the tentatively selected images. The computer system subsequently allocates first priorities to a plurality of images to be displayed as next candidates, based on the closeness of the images to the common keyword. In a relation extraction phase, the computer system displays the tentatively selected images as well as at least part of the plurality of images to be displayed as next candidates according to the first priorities. The user definitely selects at least one image among the plurality of images thus displayed.