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                Appeal 2007-0353                                                                              
                Application 09/255,352                                                                        
                images and used to retrieve images from a plurality of images stored in an                    
                image database.  The extracted common key image feature values are                            
                compared with the plurality of images stored in the image database to                         
                determine similarities between each of the common key image feature                           
                values and respective ones of the database image feature values for each of                   
                the plurality of stored database images.                                                      
                      Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:                          
                      1.   An image searching system comprising:                                              
                      an image database storing a plurality of database images, each of said                  
                plurality of database images having a plurality of features;                                  
                a specifying controller for specifying a plurality of key images, each                        
                of said plurality of key images being specified by a user and having a                        
                respective plurality of features;                                                             
                      an extracting controller for extracting common key image feature                        
                values for common key image features that are common to the plurality of                      
                key images;                                                                                   
                      a calculating controller for comparing the common key image feature                     
                values, extracted by the extracting controller, with the respective feature                   
                values of the plurality of database images to thereby sequentially calculate                  
                similarities between each of the common key image feature values and                          
                respective ones of the database image feature values for each of the plurality                
                of database images; and                                                                       
                      a searching controller for retrieving from the database at least one of                 
                the plurality of database images which is similar to the plurality of key                     
                images, based on a similarity calculated by the calculating controller.                       






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