Information processing apparatus that manages image captured at site where agricultural crop is cultivated, method for controlling the same, storage medium, and system

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• managing a plurality of images chronologically captured by an imaging apparatus mounted on a moving object, each image of the plurality of images being associated with information that indicates a respective time at which the image was captured;
• displaying, on a display device, a plurality of items while the imaging apparatus captures images of the plurality of images, wherein each item of the plurality of items corresponds to a respective target of a plurality of kinds of predefined targets;
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• identifying an image containing the target that corresponds to a selected item among the plurality of images based on (i) information that indicates a position of the moving object or a position of the imaging apparatus when an instruction based on a selection of the selected item that is input, into the information processing apparatus, while the imaging apparatus is moving, (ii) the information regarding a time at which the instruction is input, and (iii) the selected item.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform a method for controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• managing a plurality of images, chronologically captured by an imaging apparatus mounted on a moving object, each image of the plurality of images being associated with information that indicates a respective position and a respective time at which the image was captured;
• displaying, on a display device, a plurality of items, wherein each item of the plurality of items corresponds to a respective target of a plurality of kinds of predefined targets, and displaying the plurality of items on the display device while the imaging apparatus captures images of the plurality of images;
• acquiring, in a case where an instruction based on a selection of any of the plurality of displayed items is input in the information processing apparatus while the imaging apparatus captures the images of the plurality of images, a candidate image group from the plurality of images, based on the information that indicates the respective times at which each image of the plurality of images was captured and on information that indicates a time at which the instruction was input, wherein the candidate image group includes two or more images;
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• identifying an image containing the target that corresponds to a selected item from the candidate image group.

An information processing system comprising:

• a moving object provided with one or more imaging apparatuses;
• a report apparatus corresponding to the moving object;
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• one or more processors that implement:
• a management unit configured to manage a plurality of images chronologically captured by the one or more imaging apparatuses mounted on the moving object, each image of the plurality of images being associated with information that indicates a respective time at which the image was captured;
• a display control unit configured to display, on a display device, a plurality of items, wherein each item of the plurality of items corresponds to a respective target of a plurality of kinds of predefined targets, and the display control unit being configured to display the plurality of items on the display device while the one or more imaging apparatuses capture images of the plurality of images;
• an acquisition unit configured to acquire, in a case where an instruction based on a selection of any of the plurality of displayed items is input in the information processing system while the imaging apparatus captures the images of the plurality of images, a candidate image group from the plurality of images, based on the information that indicates the respective times at which each image of the plurality of images was captured and on information that indicates a time at which the instruction was input, wherein the candidate image group includes two or more images;
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• an identification unit configured to identify an image containing the target that corresponds to a selected item from the candidate image group.