Patent attributes
An image retrieval system with high retrieval accuracy is provided. The image retrieval system includes a database and a processing portion. The database has a function of storing a plurality of pieces of database image data, and a database tag is linked to each of the plurality of pieces of database image data. The processing portion has a function of obtaining database image feature value data representing a feature value of the database image data for each piece of the database image data. The processing portion has a function of obtaining query image feature value data representing a feature value of the query image data. The processing portion has a function of calculating first similarity of the database image data to the query image data for each piece of the database image data. The processing portion has a function of obtaining a query tag linked to the query image data using some of the database tags.
