Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing apparatus and image management method
- Patent Title (中): 图像处理装置和图像管理方法
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Application No.: US13774208Application Date: 2013-02-22
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Publication No.: US08878960B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Naoko Watazawa
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-112295 20090501; JP2010-059929 20100316
- Main IPC: H04N7/00
- IPC: H04N7/00 ; H04N7/18 ; H04N5/76 ; H04N5/77 ; G06K9/00 ; H04N9/82 ; H04N9/804 ; H04N5/907

Abstract:
Provided is an image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating a photographed point and date/time information indicating a photographed date/time for each of a plurality of images representing image data obtained by photographing; a determination unit that determines whether the photographed point of each image is a main photographed point or a sub-photographed point on the basis of the location information and the date/time information; and a recording unit that, if the photographed point of the image is the main photographed point, records information indicating the location of the main photographed point in association with the image data of the image, and that, if the photographed point of the image is the sub-photographed point, records information indicating the locations of the sub-photographed point and of the main photographed point in association with the image data of the image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130170704A1 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-07-04
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