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

Claim 11:
12. An image retrieval method comprising:
acquiring a digital image to be processed, the digital image to be processed including at least one article;
specifying, as an association image, 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;
outputting the digital image to be processed and the specified association image in association with each other; and
printing 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.