Image data management apparatus, method and program

An image data management method for managing a plurality of image data, comprising the steps of:

• reading identification information unique to an image-capturing apparatus which captured the image data, and image-capturing location information indicating an image-capturing location of the image data, the identification information and the image-capturing location information being related to the image data;
• determining a non-image-capturing location for an image-capturing apparatus corresponding to specific identification information on the basis of the image-capturing location information of image data related to the specific identification information;
• and
• extracting, from among image data related to other identification information that is different from the specific identification information, image data whose image-capturing location exists in the non-image-capturing location.

A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising program code for causing a computer to execute management processing of a plurality of image data, the management processing comprising:

• reading identification information unique to an image-capturing apparatus which captured the image data, and image-capturing location information indicating an image-capturing location of the image data, the identification information and the image-capturing location information being related to the image data;
• determining a non-image-capturing location for an image-capturing apparatus corresponding to specific identification information on the basis of the image-capturing location information of image data related to the specific identification information;
• and
• extracting, from among image data related to other identification information that is different from the specific identification information, image data whose image-capturing location exists in the non-image-capturing location.

An image data management apparatus for managing a plurality of image data, comprising:

• a reading unit configured to read identification information unique to an image-capturing apparatus which captured the image data, and image-capturing location information indicating an image-capturing location of the image data, the identification information and the image-capturing location information being related to the image data;
• a determination unit configured to determine an image-capturing area for an image-capturing apparatus corresponding to specific identification information on the basis of the image-capturing location information of image data related to the specific identification information;
• and
• an extraction unit configured to extract, from among image data related to other identification information that is different from the specific identification information, image data whose image-capturing location does not exist in the image-capturing area.