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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Ho Sub Yoon, Taejon, KR;
Jung Soh, Taejon, KR;
Byung Woo Min, Taejon, KR;
Young Kyu Yang, Taejon, KR;
Abstract
An image retrieval system and method using an image histogram for determining central points and dispersion values as well as quantity information of color about respective histogram bins, thereby using these as mapping information for image retrieval. The image retrieval method using an image histogram includes the following steps. A first step of computing an image histogram bin when an image is inputted, and accumulating values of x, y, x , y to compute central points and dispersion values. A second step of normalizing the respective central points and dispersion values through dividing these by size of whole image, and storing these. A third step of generating a value of model to be retrieved by drawing a feature vector when a query image is inputted, and computing the difference between the generated value of model and central points and dispersion values of an image histogram, count, and number of corresponding bins within the data stored in the second step. A fourth step of specifying a similarity value of an image using the values computed in the third step.