Image processing apparatus and its processing method, storage medium, and image file format
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSHIGERU AOI, TAKU YAMAGAMI
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Abstract
To simplify the file operation of images recorded as a group of panorama images or the like. A character (ST) showing that it is included in a group, alphanumeric character assigned in order in each group, and characters showing file numbers in order of photographing are used as a file name of images to be recorded and a character showing an image compression method is used as the extension of a file name.
Claims22
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- first assignment means for assigning the information for specifying an image;
- second assignment means for assigning the information showing constituting a group to a set of images constituted with a plurality of images;
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- storage means for storing the pieces of information assigned by the first assignment means and the second assignment means as a file name of images.
An image processing method comprising:
- the first assignment step of assigning the information for specifying an image;
- the second assignment step of assigning the information showing constituting a group to a set of images constituted with a plurality of images;
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- the storage step of storing the pieces of information assigned by the first assignment means and the second assignment means as file names of images.
A storage medium having:
- the program code of the first assignment step of assigning the information for specifying an image;
- the program code of the second assignment step of assigning the information showing constituting a group to a set of images constituted with a plurality of images;
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- the program code of the storage step of storing the pieces of information assigned by the first assignment step and the second assignment step as file names of images.
An image file format constituted with the information for distinguish the information for specifying each image from the information for distinguishing between a group of images constituted with a plurality of images and a single image as a file name for storing images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.