INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store image data and metadata of the image data;
a reception unit configured to receive designation of at least two of the image data stored in said storage unit and designation of metadata to be newly added to the designated image data;
a first selection unit configured to select, from the image data stored in said storage unit, other image data which has the same metadata as all metadata common to the designated image data; and
a control unit configured to add the metadata to be newly added to the metadata of each of the designated image data and the selected other image data and storing the image data in said storage unit.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus comprises, a storage unit configured to store image data and metadata of the image data, a reception unit configured to receive designation of at least two of the image data stored in the storage unit and designation of metadata to be newly added to the designated image data, a first selection unit configured to select, from the image data stored in the storage unit, other image data which has the same metadata as all metadata common to the designated image data, and a control unit configured to add the metadata to be newly added to the metadata of each of the designated image data and the selected other image data and storing the image data in the storage unit.
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22 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit configured to store image data and metadata of the image data; a reception unit configured to receive designation of at least two of the image data stored in said storage unit and designation of metadata to be newly added to the designated image data; a first selection unit configured to select, from the image data stored in said storage unit, other image data which has the same metadata as all metadata common to the designated image data; and a control unit configured to add the metadata to be newly added to the metadata of each of the designated image data and the selected other image data and storing the image data in said storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus including a storage unit configured to store image data and metadata of the image data, comprising:
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receiving designation of at least two of the image data stored in the storage unit and designation of metadata to be newly added to the designated image data; selecting, from the image data stored in the storage unit, other image data which has the same metadata as all metadata common to the designated image data; and adding the metadata to be newly added to the metadata of each of the designated image data and the selected other image data and storing the image data in the storage unit.
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11. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which causes a computer to function as an information processing apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit configured to store image data and metadata of the image data; a reception unit configured to receive designation of at least two of the image data stored in said storage unit and designation of metadata to be newly added to the designated image data; a first selection unit configured to select, from the image data stored in said storage unit, other image data which has the same metadata as all metadata common to the designated image data; and a control unit configured to add the metadata to be newly added to the metadata of each of the designated image data and the selected other image data and storing the image data in said storage unit.
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12. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a data selection unit configured to select a plurality of data; a common keyword extraction unit configured to extract a common keyword from the plurality of data selected by said data selection unit; a data extraction unit configured to extract associated data based on the common keyword extracted by said common keyword extraction unit; and a metadata candidate specifying unit configured to specify metadata candidates from metadata of the associated data extracted by said data extraction unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus, comprising:
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selecting a plurality of data; extracting a common keyword from the plurality of data; extracting associated data based on the common keyword; and specifying metadata candidates from metadata of the associated data.
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22. A computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus comprising:
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a data selection unit configured to select a plurality of data; a common keyword extraction unit configured to extract a common keyword from the plurality of data selected by said data selection unit; a data extraction unit configured to extract associated data based on the common keyword extracted by said common keyword extraction unit; and a metadata candidate specifying unit configured to specify metadata candidates from metadata of the associated data extracted by said data extraction unit.
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Specification