Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing system

An information processing method, comprising:

• acquiring image information that includes image data associated with position information, wherein the position information is information regarding a position at which the image data is acquired;
• verifying whether the image information is to be approved as a transaction;
• determining whether the image information approved as the transaction is to be used to generate a three-dimensional model;
• determining, based on a degree of similarity of use-determination-target image data to the image data used for the generation of the three-dimensional model, whether the use-determination-target image data is to be used as the image information to generate the three-dimensional model;
• generating the three-dimensional model using the image information approved as the transaction;
• and
• generating a new block that is to be coupled to a blockchain, wherein each block in the blockchain records therein the image information used to generate the three-dimensional model.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• acquiring image information that includes image data associated with position information, wherein the position information is information regarding a position at which the image data is acquired;
• verifying whether the image information is to be approved as a transaction;
• determining whether the image information approved as the transaction is to be used to generate a three-dimensional model;
• determining, based on a degree of similarity of use-determination-target image data to the image data used for the generation of the three-dimensional model, whether the use-determination-target image data is to be used as the image information to generate the three-dimensional model;
• generating the three-dimensional model using the image information approved as the transaction;
• and
• generating a new block that is to be coupled to a blockchain, wherein each block in the blockchain records therein the image information used to generate the three-dimensional model.

An information processing system, comprising:

• a plurality of information processing apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses includes:
• an image use determination section configured to:
• verify whether image information is to be approved as a transaction, wherein the image information includes image data associated with position information, and the position information is information regarding a position at which the image data is acquired;
• determine whether the image information approved as the transaction is to be used to generate a three-dimensional model;
• and
• determine, based on a degree of similarity of use-determination-target image data to the image data used for the generation of the three-dimensional model, whether the use-determination-target image data is to be used as the image information to generate the three-dimensional model;
• a three-dimensional model generator configured to generate the three-dimensional model using the image information approved as the transaction;
• and
• a block generator configured to generate a new block that is to be coupled to a blockchain, wherein each block in the blockchain records therein the image information used to generate the three-dimensional model.