| abstract |
THE INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS AND AN IMAGE SEARCHING APPARATUS, USING ANNOTATIONS AS GUIDING INFORMATION. THIS APPARATUS INCLUDES 160 IMAGE STORAGE MEANS, 110, 130 MEANS SPECIFYING THE CONFIGURATION AND POSITION OF A PARTIAL IMAGE, 110, 180 MEANS FOR CUTTING A PARTIAL IMAGE AND 170 MEANS FOR STORING A GROUP OF DATA FROM REFERENCE ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS IMAGES, AND MEANS 110, 180 FOR COMBINING THE SAID CUT PARTIAL IMAGE WITH REFERENCE DATA, WHICH CORRESPOND TO IT. APPLICATION IN PARTICULAR TO THE RECOVERY AND DISPLAY OF IMAGES IN IMAGE FILES USING ASSOCIATED GUIDANCE INDICATIONS. |