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

Claim 3:
4. The image retrieval apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
acquire an evaluation value learning result obtained by learning a relationship between a past image of a product belonging to a first category that is the same as the category to which the product belongs and an evaluation value of the product, and calculate an evaluation value of the article included in the digital image to be processed using the acquired evaluation value leaning result; and
acquire an evaluation value learning result obtained by learning a relationship between a past image of a product belonging to a second category different from the category to which the product belongs and an evaluation value of the product, and calculate an evaluation value of a product included in the product image using the acquired evaluation value learning result.