Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasakazu Kitora
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus which is capable of preventing wasteful transmission of metadata. Metadata is registered in advance in association with a type of a transmission destination of an image data. When transmitting the image data, metadata associated with the type of the transmission destination of the image data is determined, and the image data and the determined metadata are transmitted to the transmission destination.
Claims18
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit adapted to acquire image data;
- a generation unit adapted to generate metadata for the image data;
- a registration unit adapted to register an output destination to which the generated metadata is to be output;
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- an output unit adapted to output the image data to the output destination,
- wherein said output unit outputs the metadata only when the image data is output to the registered output destination.
An image processing method for controlling an image processing apparatus, comprising:
- acquiring image data;
- generating metadata for the image data;
- registering an output destination to which the generated metadata is to be output;
- and
- outputting the image data to the output destination,
- wherein said outputting includes outputting the metadata only when the image data is output to the registered output destination.
A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an image processing method for controlling an image processing apparatus,
- wherein the image processing method comprises:
- acquiring image data;
- generating metadata for the image data;
- registering an output destination to which the generated metadata is to be output;
- and
- outputting the image data to the output destination,
- wherein said outputting includes outputting the metadata only when the image data is output to the registered output destination.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a registration unit adapted to generate a plurality of metadata items for image data, and register the plurality of generated metadata items each in association with information on a transmission destination type;
- a determination unit adapted to determine, when transmitting the image data stored in a storage to a transmission destination, a metadata item which is associated with the type of the transmission destination, from the plurality of generated metadata items;
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- a transmission unit adapted to transmit the image data and the determined metadata to the transmission destination.
An image processing method comprising:
- a registration step of generating a plurality of metadata items for image data, and registering the plurality of generated metadata items each in association with information on a transmission destination type;
- a determination step of determining, when transmitting the image data stored in a storage to a transmission destination, a metadata item which is associated with the type of the transmission destination, from the plurality of generated metadata items;
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- a transmission step of transmitting the image data and the determined metadata to the transmission destination.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute:
- a registration step of generating a plurality of metadata items for image data, and registering the plurality of generated metadata items each in association with information on a transmission destination type;
- a determination step of determining, when transmitting the image data stored in a storage to a transmission destination, a metadata item which is associated with the type of the transmission destination, from the plurality of generated metadata items;
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- a transmission step of transmitting the image data and the determined metadata to the transmission destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.