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Image file processing method and related technique thereof

An image file and processing method technology, which is applied in the fields of electronic digital data processing, still image data retrieval, special data processing applications, etc., can solve the problems of prolonging processing time, not improving the simplicity of retrieval operation, and unable to retrieve image files, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-08
PANASONIC CORP
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However, although the above-mentioned prior art proposes a variety of image file processing methods and image retrieval devices, it does not improve the ease of retrieval operation in this case.
[0010] Furthermore, in the above-mentioned Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2001-282813, because the database is connected during the search, the network must be accessed for each search, which prolongs the processing time.
Also, when the network is not connected, image files cannot be retrieved because there is no database
[0011] In addition, the above-mentioned Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2001-238168 needs to manually set the priority level of photos

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[0064] figure 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image management device for storing image files according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The markup 10 is an image file captured by a digital camera or the like, and the image file 10 includes supplementary information. The image management device A1 includes an attached information processing unit 21 , a database 22 and a data management unit 23 .

[0065] The attached information processing unit 21 performs processing of adding personal keywords to the attached information of the image file 10 . Attachment information and personal keywords are stored in the database 22 in association. The data management unit 23 stores the image files 10 in which personal keywords are added to the attached information.

[0066] Below, refer to figure 2 The flow chart of FIG. 1 illustrates the operation of the image management apparatus of Embodiment 1. First, the attached information processing unit 2...

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[0074] Figure 5 is a schematic block diagram of the image management apparatus A2 for storing image files according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The image management device A2 includes: an object recognition unit 31 for identifying a target from an image file 10; an image database 32 for associating images with personal keywords; an attached information processing unit 33 for adding personal keywords to the attached information of the image file 10; In the data management unit 34 storing the image file 10.

[0075] Refer below Image 6 The flow chart of is used to explain the operation of the image management apparatus of Embodiment 2. First, the image management device A2 obtains the image file 10 (S21). The image file 10 is generated by shooting with a digital camera, for example. The object recognition unit 31 of the image management device A2 performs image recognition processing on the obtained image file 10, and extracts partial image data such as "face...

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[0083] Below, refer to Figure 9 The flow chart of FIG. 1 illustrates the operation of Example 3. In embodiment 3, used embodiment 2 same Figure 5 installation. In Embodiment 3, Step S35 and Step S36 are included in addition to the flowchart of Embodiment 2.

[0084] In step S32 , while extracting partial image data of “person’s face” to characterize the image file 10 , other partial image data such as “clothes” are also extracted as feature information showing features of the image file 10 .

[0085] In step S35, in the object feature information about the image extracted by the object recognition unit 31 in step S32 for characterizing the image file 10, personal keywords are associated with other partial image data different from the partial image data, wherein The other partial image data is information showing features of the object on the image, such as clothing, which is information showing features (face) of the object on the image used in step S33 (S35). In the ne...

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Abstract

An image processing method, comprising registering in advance, to a database, fundamental information and additional information related with the fundamental information, obtaining a first image file, extracting a characteristic information from the first image file, searching a fundamental information of the database which is similar to the characteristic information; and getting a first additional information related with the fundamental information.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image file processing method for processing images taken with a digital camera, etc., an image file distribution method for distributing stored image files through a network such as the Internet, and searching for stored image files through a network such as the Internet Image file retrieval methods, and methods for manipulating saved image files. Background technique [0002] At present, it is necessary to be able to store a large number of photographic images taken by a camera, and to be able to efficiently retrieve a desired image from the large number of stored images. In order to realize the above requirements, various image file processing methods and image retrieval devices have been proposed. [0003] For example, as disclosed in the "Digital Camera Image File Format Standard Exif 2.2", attribute information such as the time and location of the photo can be recorded in the photo data taken by the digital cam...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/3028G06F17/30265G06F16/51G06F16/58G06F16/5854
Inventor 铃木正人吉冈志郎中山智雄冈本尚志
Owner PANASONIC CORP