Patent ID: 6567551
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An image search apparatus for managing image data, and searching the managed image data for desired image data, comprising:management means for managing image data and image feature amounts thereof in correspondence with each other; display means for displaying a query condition list comprising a plurality of query conditions defined by the image feature amounts, wherein each of the plurality of query conditions is a character string which expresses contents of an ambiguity level set for the image feature amount, wherein the character strings and the ambiguity level are stored in a storage medium in correspondence with each other; matching means for matching the image feature amounts that define the query condition designated by a user designation operation for selecting a desired one of the plurality of query conditions in the query condition list, with corresponding image feature amounts of image data managed by said management means; and output means for outputting image data as search results on the basis of matching results of said matching means.