A searching device includes: a storage section for storing target
information; a display section for displaying target images; an
instructing section for selecting a target-image among the displayed
target images; and a narrowing-down controlling section for narrowing
down the target information, and for displaying the target images
corresponding to the narrowed-down target information, wherein the
narrowing-down controlling section includes: a feature information
calculating section for calculating feature information; a coordinate
space setting section for setting a coordinate space based on the feature
information; a target information coordinate identifying section for
identifying a coordinate of target information; a narrowing-down section
for narrowing down a scope of coordinate space; and a narrowed-down
target information extracting section for extracting the target
information within the scope, and the narrowing-down controlling section
performs control to repeat the identifying, the narrowing down, and the
extracting, at each time of selecting the target image.