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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Takahiro Koyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shigehisa Kawabe, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Koyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shigehisa Kawabe, Yokohama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image search system includes a first calculation section that calculates a first similarity score of each registered image with respect to an input image on the basis of image features of the registered and the input image, a second calculation section that calculates a second similarity score of each registered image with respect to the input image on the basis of text features of the registered and the input image, a candidate extraction section that extracts one or more candidate images on the basis of the first and the second similarity scores of each registered image, a third calculation section that calculates a third similarity score of each candidate image on the basis of projection waveforms of the input image and the candidate image, and a search section that determines one or more registered images similar to the input image on the basis of the third similarity score.