Patent ID: 8643729

Claim:
An image search device comprising: a shooting unit configured to photographically shoot a subject; a display unit; a control unit configured to display, on said display unit during a time the image search device is in a shooting mode, one or more search keys for image search, the control unit being configured to select the one or more search keys according to a shooting situation of the image search device at the time the image search device is operated in the shooting mode, wherein the shooting mode is a mode of operation of the image search device in which said subject can photographically be shot by said shooting unit; a specifying unit configured to specify a search key of the one or more search keys displayed on said display unit based at least in part on user input indicating a selection by the user of the search key; and a searching unit configured to search, in the event of said search key being specified via said specifying unit, an image set based on said search key thus specified; wherein said control unit is configured to display on said display unit, in the event of said image set being searched by said searching unit, a search result of the search.