Picture management method, picture management apparatus, picture management system
OwnerTetsuya Matsumoto, Keiji Nagayama +2inventors
InventorsTetsuya Matsumoto, Keiji Nagayama, Akinobu Ishizuka, Hiroshi Kawano
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Abstract
An image management method of recording image data, together with date information indicative of a recording date at a predetermined recording medium to manage the image data in day-by-day groups based on the date information of the image data, has the step of detecting an image source of image data to be recorded. When image data from a first image source and image data from a second image source are recorded on the same day, the image data from the first image source is managed in a first group based on the date information, while the image data from the second image source is managed in a new second group.
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An image management method of recording image data together with date information indicative of a date at which the image data was recorded on a predetermined recording medium to manage the image data in date-based groups based on the date information, said method comprising the steps of:
- inputting image data from a plurality of image sources;
- detecting an image source of each of the inputted image data;
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- when image data from a first image source and image data from a second image source are recorded on the same day, managing the image data from said first image source in a first group based on date information indicative of a current recording date, and managing the image data from said second image source in a second group different from the first group.
An image management apparatus which records image data together with date information indicative of a date at which the image data was recorded on a predetermined recording medium to manage the image data in date-based groups based on the date information, said apparatus comprising:
- an input module which receives image data from a plurality of image sources;
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- a detector module which detects an image source of each of the inputted image data,
- wherein when image data from a first image source and image data from a second image source are recorded on the same day, said image management apparatus manages the image data from said first image source in a first group based on date information indicative of a current recording date, and manages the image data from said second image source in a second group different from the first group.
A recording apparatus for receiving image data from a plurality of image sources to record the image data together with date information associated with the image data, said apparatus comprising:
- a detector module which detects the image source;
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- a current date information holder module which holds current date information,
- wherein said recording apparatus, based on a detection made by said detector module, corresponds date information from said current date information holder module to image data from a first image source, and corresponds date information different from the date information from said current date information holder module to image data from a second image source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.