Data retrieval method and device and related equipment

The invention provides a data retrieval method, which comprises the following steps of: acquiring a keyword and a to-be-retrieved target image, determining positions of a plurality of image areas comprising text substrings in the target image, determining a target image area, matched with the keyword, of the text substrings from the plurality of image areas, and retrieving the target image area according to the determined target image area. And outputting the position of the target image area in the target image. Thus, the data retrieval device can position and output the position of the text substring matched with the keyword in the target image (namely the position of the target image area), positioning of the keyword on the target image is achieved, and the actual application requirements in scenes such as image desensitization and image legality detection can be met. In addition, the invention further provides a corresponding device, equipment and a storage medium. 本申请提供了一种数据检索方法，包括：获取关键词以及待检索的目标图像，并确定该目标