Image Search System Using Reference Color Proportions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image search techniques require users to accurately set the proportion of each color when searching for images with multiple colors, making the process cumbersome and difficult to navigate.
Innovation Solution
An image search system that acquires color specifying information and reference information for a set of colors, allowing users to simplify the search process by setting a single reference proportion for multiple colors, and identifies target images based on specified color proportion information and reference information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a proportion is specified for each of the plurality of colors, then the search accuracy is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the search process into two distinct phases: (1) a simplified user input phase where users only specify colors without proportions, and (2) a system processing phase where the system automatically calculates color proportions and performs search. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by hiding the complexity of proportion specification from users while maintaining accurate search functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically calculating color proportions from the specified colors and conducting the search without requiring user input of proportion data. The system serves itself by generating the search parameters (including proportions) based solely on the user's color specifications, thereby eliminating the need for users to manually set proportions while maintaining search accuracy.
2Manufacturing precision
If a proportion is specified for each of the plurality of colors, then the search condition precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into a single integrated system component that simultaneously handles color specification, automatic proportion calculation, and search execution. By combining these previously separate functions (user input handling, proportion computation, and database search) into one unified processing flow, the system achieves precise search conditions without increasing apparent system complexity to the user.
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AI summary
An image search system (1) is provided with: a search key information acquisition unit (110) that acquires color specifying information indicating a plurality of colors and reference information indicating a reference of proportions of the plurality of colors being occupied in an image area; a specified color proportion information acquisition unit (120) that acquires specified color proportion information indicating proportions of the plurality of colors associated with the color specifying information, being occupied in an image to be processed; and an image search unit (130) that identifies whether the image to be processed is a search target image, based on the specified color proportion information and the reference information.