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Retrieval method using image information
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1995-03-17
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Granted: 1999-01-05
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Expires: 2015-03-17
Abstract
Abstract For retrieving attribute information through image information which is not linked with the attribute information: displaying on a display screen the first image information corresponding with attribute information and second image information that has a common attribute with the first image information; and storing a correspondence between the first image information and the second image information in response to an input of an instruction to confirm the correspondence between the first image information and the second image information, and retrieving and displaying the attribute information on the basis of the stored correspondence between the first image information and the second image information as well as correspondence information between the first image information and the attribute information, in response to an input for object choice indicated by the second image information.
Inventors
- 👤 Maki Tamano
- 👤 Hiroyuki Okuda
- 👤 Hiroshi Yajima
- 👤 Tadashi Hirose
- 👤 Noritugu Kagaya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 10:52
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/951; G06F16/20; G06F16/22; G06F16/29; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945; Y10S707/99948; Y10S715/00; Y10S715/961; Y10S715/965; Y10S715/966; Y10S715/968
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A data retrieval method, performed by a data storing, inputting, outputting and handling system, including the steps of: maintaining attribute information in storage; maintaining first image information in storage and linked with the attribute information; maintaining second image information in storage, which second image information has approximate partial positional correspondence with the first image information; receiving identification of a user chosen object in the second image information as a key; linking the second image information to the first image information by the key; retrieving at least some of the attribute information from storage by said linking step; and thereafter outputting the at least some of the attribute information relating to the object.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
A data retrieval method, performed by a data storing, inputting, outputting and handling system, including the steps of: maintaining attribute information in storage; maintaining first image information in storage and linked with the attribute information; maintaining second image information in storage, which second image information has approximate partial positional correspondence with the first image information; receiving identification of a user chosen object in the second image information as a key; linking the second image information to the first image information by the key; retrieving at least some of the attribute information from storage by said linking step; and thereafter outputting the at least some of the attribute information relating to the object.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 1, including the step of displaying to a user the first image information and the second image information in a mutually overlying relationship with a substantially aligned positional correspondence prior to said receiving step.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 2, including the step of moving one display of one of the first and second image information relative to another display of the first and second image information in response to a user input to correct the overlying relationship prior to said receiving step and after said displaying step.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 3, wherein said displaying step displays the first image information and the second image information with substantially identical positional and scalar relationships.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
82 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 2; wherein said displaying step displays the first image information and the second image information with substantially identical positional and scalar relationships; and further including, in response to said step of receiving identification of a user chosen object, the step of changing said display of the second image information at a corresponding positionally related area of the object to provide a visual indication of a corresponding area in the second image information display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 1, including the step of displaying to a user the first image information and the second image information prior to said receiving step.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 6, further comprising, in response to said receiving identification of a user chosen object, the step of changing said display of the second image information at a corresponding positionally related area of the object to provide to a user a visual indication of a corresponding area in the second image information display.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 1, further including the steps of: displaying the first image information as a display; and storing the identification of a user chosen object and erasing the display of the first image information and the at thereafter displaying the second image information and the at least some of the attribute information with a displayed correspondence with the object.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
203 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 1, the method further including the steps of: outputting to a display screen the first image information and the second image information in a mutually overlying relationship with a substantially aligned positional correspondence, wherein said outputting step outputs the first image information and the second image information with substantially identical positional and scalar relationship; moving one display output of one of the first and second image information relative to another of the first and second image information in response to a user input to correct the overlying relationship prior to said receiving step; outputting to the display screen the first image information and the second image information prior to said receiving step; in response to said receiving step, changing said outputting of the second image information at a corresponding positionally related area of the object to provide to the display screen a visual indication of a corresponding area in the second image information; and storing the identification of a user chosen object and erasing said display of the first image information, and thereafter outputting the second image information and the at least some of the attribute information with an outputted correspondence with the object.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A retrieval method employing image information according to claim 1, wherein the object does not exist in the first image information.
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