Patent ID: 7486807

Claim:
An image retrieving device for classifying and retrieving an image by detecting an object in the image and adding a keyword, the image retrieving device comprising: an image storing section for storing the image which is supposed to be classified and retrieved together with a keyword in a database and an object of the image being previously contained in the database; an image inputting detecting section that detects an inputted image that is newly inputted to the image retrieving device; an object acknowledging section for acknowledging an inputted object in the inputted image that has been detected by the image inputting detecting section; a keyword proposing section for proposing the keyword on a display, the keyword which relates to the inputted object which is acknowledged by the object acknowledging section; and an object information inputting section for confirming by the user, adding, and correcting the keyword which is proposed by the keyword proposing section when the inputted object acknowledged by the object acknowledging section is similar to the object of the image previously contained in the database.