Patent ID: 8358902

Claim:
An image search apparatus comprising: a display to display one or more representative images extracted from an image group comprising a plurality of images; a search condition setting module to set a search image generated by using a combination of a part or all of the one or more representative images selected therefrom as search conditions, the search condition setting module being capable of specifying a position of the selected part of the one or more representative image within the search image in a case where the part of the one or more representative images are used; and a search module to search the image group for an image agreeing with the search conditions, wherein the search condition setting module carries out image processing on the part or all of the representative image or images selected, sets the search conditions by using the part or all of the representative image or images having been subjected to the image processing, and further adds search priority depending on the degree of the image processing carried out as one of the search conditions to the part or all of the representative image or images selected.