Patent ID: 7454061
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for providing an illegal use research service for image data, said system comprising: a server apparatus for conducting an illegal use research of the image data requiring a use permit; and a terminal apparatus used by a research client requesting the illegal use research, said terminal apparatus connectable to said server apparatus through a network, wherein said server apparatus includes: a research subject registering part registering the image data received from said terminal apparatus as a research subject to a research subject database for each research client; a research condition setting part setting a research condition for research whether or not the image data being registered is illegally used by a Web site on the network; a similar image searching part calculating a feature amount of the image data registered by said research subject registering part and searching for image data that are identical or similar to the image data being the research subject from a web site on the network based on the feature amount being calculated and the research condition; and a search result informing part informing a search result by the similar image searching part as a research report to the research client using said terminal apparatus.