IP Library Patent Application 14962303
Patent Application
App. No. 14/962,303

IMAGE RETRIEVING DEVICE, IMAGE RETRIEVING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE RETRIEVING PROGRAM

Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US None
App. No.
14/962,303
Abstract

An image retrieving device includes display unit, a selecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first image and a second image. The selecting unit selects a first region of a part of the first image displayed on the display unit by a user operation. The control unit searches for a second region of the second image corresponding to the first region when the first region of a part of the first image is selected by the selecting unit.

Claims (24)

1 . An image retrieving device comprising:

a display unit which displays a first image and a second image;

a selecting unit which selects a first region of a part of the first image displayed on the display unit by a user operation; and

a control unit which, when the first region of a part of the first image is selected by the selecting unit, searches for a second region of the second image corresponding to the first region.

2 . The image retrieving device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit displays the first region and the second region on the display unit.

3 . The image retrieving device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image retrieving unit which searches for an image comprising a specific region similar to the first region or the second region selected by the selecting unit from the recording unit.

4 . An image retrieving method comprising:

displaying a first image and a second image on a display unit;

determining whether or not a first region of a part of the first image is selected by a selecting unit; and

when the first region of the part of the first image is selected by the selecting unit, searching for a second region of the second image corresponding to the first region.

5 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium which stores an image retrieving program, the storage medium comprising:

displaying a first image and a second image on a display unit;

determining whether or not a first region of a part of the first image is selected by a selecting unit; and

when the first region of the part of the first image is selected by the selecting unit, searching for a second region of the second image corresponding to the first region.

6 . An image retrieving device comprising:

a display unit which displays a first image;

a selecting unit which selects a region of a part of the first image displayed on the display unit by a user operation; and

an image retrieving unit which searches for a second image comprising a specific region similar to the region selected by the selecting unit from a recording unit.

7 . An image retrieving method comprising:

displaying a first image on a display unit; and

searching for a second image comprising a specific region similar to a region of a part of the first image selected by a selecting unit from a recording unit.

8 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium which stores an image retrieving program, the storage medium comprising:

displaying a first image on a display unit; and

searching for a second image comprising a specific region similar to a region of a part of the first image selected by a selecting unit from a recording unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF THE ASSIGNEE Recorded Jul 29, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043937/0753 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2015
From: SHIMURA, KAZUHIKO; FUKUYA, YOSHIYUKI; KANDA, KAZUO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037283/0190 →