Abstract:A new method for texture image retrieval which is based on ring-like rectangular blocks is proposed. It divides into the image the ring-like rectangle fringing field, the central ring-like rectangle region and the core rectangle region. No treatment is for the outermost edge area, this can significantly reduce retrieval time and little influence on retrieval effect. The texture feature vector composed of GLCM-based energy, contrast and entropy is calculated for each image central area and core area. Sum of two region euclidean distance decides these two image similarity. Ring-like rectangular has rotation invariance, but calculations easier. Validated by experiments, for some categories it has better search results.