Image processing device, image processing method and recording medium

Abstract

The invention provide an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium which are capable of intuitively searching for an image from an image group by using taginformation assigned to the image. In the image processing device, the image processing method, and the recording medium according to an embodiment, a tag information display unit displays at least apart of all tag information assigned to all images included in the image group on a display unit, a tag information designating unit designates, as first selection tag information, first tag information selected from the tag information displayed on the display unit according to a command from the user, an image extracting unit extracts images to which the first selection tag information is assigned as first search images from the image group, an image display unit displays at least a part of all the first search images on the display unit, and a tag information display unit displays at leasta part of all the tag information assigned to all the first search images on the display unit.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium for retrieving an image from an image group according to a retrieval condition, and displaying the retrieval result image on a display unit. Background technique [0002] For example, a method is used in which, when searching for an image desired by the user from an image group stored in a smartphone, the user displays a list of images (thumbnail images) included in the image group on the display unit in chronological order, while Search for the desired image while rewinding the list of images in time series. In addition, there is known a method of inputting a keyword for searching an image from an image group, and searching for an image matching the keyword by using additional information of the image such as tag information. [0003] However, in the method of displaying and retrieving a list of images, it is difficult to search for a desir...

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[0009] Patent Document 1 describes performing an AND search of a plurality of additional information character strings, but the user needs to input the character string to be searched, and the image cannot be searched intuitively.

[0010] Also, in Patent Document 2, it is described that other image groups can be browsed by selecting one of the attribute values ​​of a digital image, but only browsing the image group corresponding to only one attribute value, for example, cannot be narrowed down by multiple attribute values. image

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