Image processing with searching of image data
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHirotaka Shiiyama, Hiroshi Owada
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Abstract
Information indicating image data and the number of times (the number of votes) the image data was found upon search are managed in an image management unit in correspondence with each other in units of image data stored in an image storage unit. A search condition is input from a user interface, and image data matching the input search conditions are searched for. The numbers of votes for the obtained image data are acquired from the image management unit, and the obtained image data are sorted and displayed on a search result notifying unit on the basis of the acquired numbers of votes.
Claims17
An image processing apparatus for managing a plurality of image data in an image storage unit, and searching for the image data managed in the image storage unit, comprising:
- holding means for holding a management table which manages the number of votes corresponding to the number of times the image data was selected in correspondence with each other in units of image data managed in the image storage unit;
- input means for inputting a search condition;
- search means for searching for image data matching the search condition input by said input means;
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- display means for acquiring the numbers of votes corresponding to image data obtained by said search means from said management table, and sorting and displaying the image data obtained by said search means on the basis of the acquired numbers of votes.
A control method for an image processing apparatus for managing a plurality of image data in an image storage unit, and searching for the image data managed in the image storage unit, comprising:
- a holding step, of holding a management table which manages the number of votes corresponding to the number of times the image data was selected in correspondence with each other in units of image data managed in the image storage unit;
- a input step, of inputting a search condition;
- a search step, of searching for image data matching the search condition input in the input step;
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- a display step, of acquiring the numbers of votes corresponding to image data obtained in said search step from said management table, and sorting and displaying the image data obtained in the search step on the basis of the acquired numbers of votes.
A computer readable memory that stores a program code for controlling an image processing apparatus for managing a plurality of image data in an image storage unit, and searching for the image data managed in the image storage unit, comprising:
- program code for a holding step of holding a management table which manages the number votes corresponding to the number of times the image data was selected in correspondence with each other in units of image data managed in the image storage unit;
- program code for an input step of inputting a search condition;
- program code for a search step of searching for image data matching the search condition input in the input step;
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- program code for a display step of acquiring the numbers of votes corresponding to image data obtained in said search step from said management table, and sorting and displaying the image data obtained in the search step on the basis of the acquired numbers of votes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.