Information processing apparatus for processing a photographed image of a person
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsukasa Sako
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Abstract
When radiography or other photography is executed on a mass basis, by use of an information processing apparatus that processes a photographed images as digital image signals, identification information for identifying an examining location (e.g., a particular company), etc., is inputted. A database in which information regarding one or more examinees is stored, is selected, identification information that identifies the current examinee is inputted, and corresponding information is obtained from the database. A series of numbers for identifying photographing is generated for every examinee, and the examinee is photographed. The obtained image information is stored in a nonvolatile storing unit together with a series of numbers and the examinee information.
Claims9
An apparatus adapted for photographing, after inputting first information that contains at least group identification information and inputting second information that contains at least examinee identification information, a radiographic image of an examinee using the examinee information searched from a database based on the inputted information, said apparatus comprising:
- an input unit for inputting first information that contains at least group identification information or second information that contains at least examinee identification information;
- a medium reading and interpreting unit for analyzing a character train of the information inputted by the input unit and extracting the group identification information or the examinee identification information;
- a nonvolatile storing unit for storing databases of the examinee information corresponding to each of a plurality of sets of group identification information and data structure of the second information corresponding to each of a plurality of sets of group identification information;
- a database selecting unit for selecting, from the nonvolatile storing unit, a database of the group corresponding to the extracted group identification information;
- a database search extracting unit for searching and extracting examinee information corresponding to the extracted examinee identification information from the selected database;
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- a photographing unit for photographing a radiographic image of the examinee based on the searched and extracted examinee information,
- wherein the medium reading and interpreting unit, when the first information is inputted, reads in, from the nonvolatile storing unit, the data structure of the second information corresponding to the group identification information contained in the first information, and analyzes the character train of the second information based on the data structure.
A method for photographing, after inputting first information that contains at least group identification information, and inputting second information that contains at least examinee identification information, a radiographic image of an examinee using examinee information searched from a database based on the inputted information, said method comprising the steps of:
- inputting first information that contains at least group identification information or second information that contains at least examinee identification information;
- reading and interpreting a character train of the information inputted in said inputting step, by analyzing that character train and extracting the group identification information or the examinee identification information;
- storing, in a non-volatile storing unit, databases of the examinee information corresponding to each of a plurality of sets of group identification information and data structure of the second information corresponding to each of a plurality of sets of group identification information;
- selecting, from the nonvolatile storing unit, a database of the group corresponding to the extracted group identification information;
- searching for and extracting examinee information corresponding to the extracted examinee identification information from the selected database;
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- photographing a radiographic image of the examinee based on the searched and extracted examinee information,
- wherein, when the first information is inputted, said reading and interpreting step includes reading in, from the nonvolatile storing unit, the data structure of the second information corresponding to the group identification information contained in the first information, and analyzing the character train of the second information based on the data structure.
A computer-readable storage medium, storing in computer-readable form, computer-executable code for a method for photographing, after inputting first information that contains at least group identification information, and inputting second information that contains at least examinee identification information, a radiographic image of the examinee using the examinee information searched from a database based on the inputted information, said method comprising the steps of:
- inputting first information that contains at least group identification information or second information that contains at least examinee identification information;
- reading and interpreting a character train of the information inputted in said inputting step, by analyzing that character train and extracting the group identification information or the examinee identification information;
- storing, in a non-volatile storing unit, databases of the examinee information corresponding to each of a plurality of sets of group identification information and data structure of the second information corresponding to each of a plurality of sets of group identification information;
- selecting, from the nonvolatile storing unit, database of the group corresponding to the extracted group identification information;
- searching for and extracting examinee information corresponding to the extracted examinee identification information from the selected database;
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- photographing a radiographic image of the examinee based on the searched and extracted examinee information,
- wherein, when the first information is inputted, said reading and interpreting step includes reading in, from the nonvolatile storing unit, the data structure of the second information corresponding to the group identification information contained in the first information, and analyzing the character train of the second information based on the data structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.