Patent ID: 11900423
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image retrieval apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
acquire a digital image to be processed, the digital image to be processed including at least one article, and
specify, as an association image to be associated with the digital image to be processed, a product image of a product having an evaluation value that has a predetermined relationship with an evaluation value of the article included in the digital image to be processed, from among product images of a plurality of products each belonging to a particular category, the particular category being different from a category to which the article included in the digital image to be processed belongs; and

print output circuitry configured to print out a first map in which a product image of a product belonging to the same category as the category to which the article included in the digital image to be processed belongs is plotted at a position corresponding to an evaluation value of the product, and a second map in which a product image of a product belonging to the particular category is plotted at a position corresponding to an evaluation value of the product.