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InventorsRYO FUJIMOTO, TORU FUKUMOTO
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The present invention provides an image managing apparatus offering an improved retrieving ability. The image managing apparatus manages images stored in a hard disk drive in association with image management information. The image management information includes information specified in object units assigned to objects contained in an image. An object unit consists of divisions in which the position of an object in a screen, a pointer indicating a qualification unit, a general name of the object, a proper noun thereof, and pointers indicating other object units are specified respectively. The pointer indicating a qualification unit indicates a position at which the qualification unit resides. Qualifiers appended to the object are specified in the qualification unit. The pointers indicating other object units indicate other linked object units. The other object units include an internal relationship unit, a state unit, and a relationship unit.
An image managing apparatus for managing retrievable images, comprising:
An image retrieving apparatus for retrieving images, comprising:
An image managing method for managing retrievable images, comprising:
An image retrieving method for retrieving images, comprising:
A storage medium in which is stored a program for implementing an image managing method for managing retrievable stored images, the program comprising:
A storage medium in which is stored a program for implementing an image retrieving method for retrieving stored images, the program comprising:
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Of still image data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image managing apparatus for retrievably managing images stored in memory means, an image retrieving apparatus for retrieving an image stored in an image memory, an image managing method, an image retrieving method, and a storage medium.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an image managing apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2A to FIG. 2E show the structure of an object unit employed in managing an image by the image managing apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows an example of images managed by the image managing apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an image managing apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
An image managing apparatus has, as shown in FIG. 1, a CPU 11. The CPU 11 runs processes for, for example, image management and image retrieval according to a program stored in a ROM 12. A RAM 13 is used to provide a work area for the CPU 11.