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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Qihong Wang, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Terayama, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Takaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Akagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Kasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image search device includes: a shooting unit configured to photographically shoot a subject; a display unit; a control unit configured to display a search key for image search on the display unit according to a shooting situation at the time of a shooting mode whereby the subject can photographically be shot by the shooting unit; a specifying unit which is used for specifying the search key displayed on the display unit; and a searching unit configured to search, in the event of the search key being specified via the specifying unit, an image based on the search key thus specified; with the control unit displaying, in the event of the image being searched by the searching unit, this search result on the display unit.