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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2008
Hirotaka Shiiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Matsushita, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetomo Sohma, Yokohama, JP;
Tomomi Takata, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Magai, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Shiiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Matsushita, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetomo Sohma, Yokohama, JP;
Tomomi Takata, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Magai, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of feature points are extracted from an inputted image, and a feature amount is computed with regard to the feature point thus extracted. A prescribed plurality of alterations, i.e., a rotation, an enlargement, or a reduction, are applied to the inputted image, a plurality of altered feature amounts are estimated with regard to the feature point, and an image is retrieved from among stored images that are stored upon a storage apparatus and that is most similar to the inputted image, in accordance with the plurality of the estimated altered feature amounts.