Patent ID: 8103692

Claim:
A search system using images comprising: an image search server for searching for an image included in website information, wherein the image search system comprises: An image conversion section for converting the image included in the website information and the to-be-searched image uploaded by the user into search format images, the image conversion section including a unit color management module for extracting the number of and the ratio between unit colors included in both the image included in the website information and the to-be-searched image uploaded by the user, as eigen values A collective region management module for converting a degree of collection of the colors for a certain region in each of both the image included in the website information and the to-be-searched image submitted by the user as eigen values; An image search section for comparing an eigen value of the to-be-searched image uploaded by the user, which has been extracted in the image conversion section 120 with an eigen value of the search image included in the website information, which has been extracted in the image conversion section, and detecting the website information having a matching or similar eigen value; a storage section for storing the detected website information, the image included in the website information, and information regarding eigen values for the converted search format images; and a user terminal for allowing a user to register and submit a to-be-searched image in the image server.