Patent ID: 8666898

Claim:
An information retrieval system within a database including a processor and inputs/outputs, the system comprising: a first module E 1 suitable for extracting the descriptors associated with each object in the database, and for constructing a table containing the objects and the value of a descriptor associated with an object, and do so for the descriptors chosen for the representation of the object, a second module E 2 suitable for applying a number of classification algorithms SOMi, for each of the tables T Tk obtained from the module E 1 , in order to assign, for each object Oi, a class number xij, for an algorithm SOMi that is applied, for each category of descriptors, a third module E 3 suitable to fusion the results obtained from the module E 2 in order to determine, for each type of descriptor Tk, a class number associated with an object Oi, a fourth module E 4 , suitable for finding which column SOMi of a table T SI is closest to the column obtained during the first fusion of the step E 3 , and for selecting the map SOMi that is closest contained in the table T SI , or best map SOMi, a fifth module E 5 suitable for merging the aggregate “best maps” SOMi, and applying an algorithm for searching for the best map SOMf to be transmitted to a display means.