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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Ali Cevahir, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Torii, Chiba, JP;
RAKUTEN, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image search device is configured to: obtain a plurality of query feature vectors each indicating a local feature of an image serving as a query; select a plurality of image feature vectors respectively corresponding to the plurality of query feature vectors based on proximities between the plurality of image feature vectors respectively indicating a plurality of local features of each of a plurality of search target images to be searched, and the plurality of query feature vectors; generate an image score of the search target image based on a total sum of score elements each corresponding to the proximities between the selected plurality of image feature vectors and the query feature vectors corresponding to the selected image feature vectors; and select at least one of the plurality of search target images based on the image score.