Title:
【発明の名称】形状を利用してオブジェクトを表現しかつ検索する方法と装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002543526
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A method of searching for an object in an image or sequence of images by processing signals corresponding to the image or images, comprises inputting a query in the form of at least one two-dimensional outline of an object and deriving a query descriptor of the query object, or inputting a query in the form of a query descriptor of at least one two-dimensional object, comparing said query descriptor with stored object descriptors for objects in images, and selecting and displaying at least one result which represents an image containing an object for which the comparison between the respective object descriptor and the query descriptor indicates a degree of similarity between the query and said object, wherein for at least the stored descriptors, the descriptor of an object comprises a view descriptor of a first outline of the object and at least one additional view descriptor of the outline of the object in a different view, the two or more view descriptors being associated to form the object descriptor, and/or the descriptor comprises a descriptor which is related to the shape and/or size of the object and which is independent of the view of the object in the image.
Inventors:
Bober, Miroslov
Application Number:
JP2000615922A
Publication Date:
December 17, 2002
Filing Date:
April 28, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE EUROPE B.V.
International Classes:
G06F17/30; G06T7/60; G06V10/46; G06T1/00; (IPC1-7): G06T1/00; G06F17/30
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH1185988A | 1999-03-30 | |||
| JPH10222792A | 1998-08-21 | |||
| JPH1185985A | 1999-03-30 | |||
| JPH06347235A | 1994-12-20 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Soga Doteru (6 people outside)