Multi-image file editing apparatus and multi-image file editing method
AssigneeOlympus Imaging Corp.
InventorAtsuro Okazawa
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Abstract
A multi-image file includes one representative main image data and one or more sub-image data other than the main image data in one file. Each of the image data is provided with a header area. When dividing the multi-image file into individual image files, related information indicative of a relationship between the main image data and the one or more sub-image data is recorded in the header area of the main image data and in the header area of each of the one or more sub-image data. The related information is necessary for reconstructing the multi-image file from a plurality of divided image data and includes, for example, a total number of the sub-images, an image identification number, main image file identification information, an image type, and the like.
Claims9
A multi-image file editing apparatus for editing a multi-image file including main image data representing one main image which is a representative of a plurality of images and one or more sub-image data representing one or more sub-images other than the main image, each of the main image data and the one or more sub-image data being provided with a header area, the multi-image file editing apparatus comprising:
- a related information recording section for recording related information indicative of a relationship between the main image data and the one or more sub-image data in the header area of the main image data and the header area of each of the one or more sub-image data;
- an image data dividing section for dividing the main image data and the one or more sub-image data included in the multi-image file into individual image files;
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- a multi-image file reconstructing section for reconstructing the multi-image file including a plurality of image data by uniting a plurality of image files, obtained by division from one multi-image file by the image data dividing section, based on the related information recorded in the header area of each of the image files.
A multi-image file editing method for editing a multi-image file including main image data representing one main image which is a representative of a plurality of images and one or more sub-image data representing one or more sub-images other than the main image, each of the main image data and the one or more sub-image data being provided with a header area, the multi-image file editing method comprising:
- recording, by a file editing apparatus, related information indicative of a relationship between the main image data and the one or more sub-image data in the header area of the main image data and the header area of each of the one or more sub-image data;
- dividing, by the file editing apparatus, the main image data and the one or more sub-image data included in the multi-image file into individual image files;
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- reconstructing, by the file editing apparatus, the multi-image file including a plurality of image data by uniting a plurality of image files that were obtained by the act of dividing, based on the related information recorded in the header area of each of the image files.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.