OBJECT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an object retrieval system capable of obtaining an effective retrieval result. SOLUTION: The featured values of an object to be retrieved from a database 11 in which information related with photographic equipment which photographs an object and featured value information corresponding to at least the featured values of the object about a plurality of species included in a category to which the object is belonging are selected by a featured input part 13. The candidates of the object to be retrieved from the database 11 are narrowed down by a retrieval engine 12 based on the information related with the photographic equipment and the featured values selected by the feature input part 13, and those candidates are displayed at a display part 14. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT