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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Yusuke Endoh, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiromasa Shin, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an object retrieval apparatus includes a query acceptance unit and a collision decision unit. The query acceptance unit is configured to accept a retrieval query indicating (N−1)-dimensional surface in N-dimensional space (N is an integral number larger than or equal to three). The collision decision unit is configured to decide whether the (N−1)-dimensional surface intersects N-dimensional cuboid positioned in the N-dimensional space. The collision decision unit decides by using a plurality of decision functions. The plurality of decision functions includes zero-th˜(N−1)-th decision functions to decide whether at least a part of at least one of X-dimensional face (X is all integral numbers larger than or equal to zero, and smaller than or equal to (N−1)) of the N-dimensional cuboid is included in the (N−1)-dimensional surface.