US Patent Application 18322674. IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONVERTING IMAGE FILE SUCH THAT ALL ANNOTATION INFORMATION CAN BE USED, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM simplified abstract

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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONVERTING IMAGE FILE SUCH THAT ALL ANNOTATION INFORMATION CAN BE USED, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:YOHEI Fujitani of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:NOBORU Omori of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:YUMA Naito of Kanagawa (JP)]]

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONVERTING IMAGE FILE SUCH THAT ALL ANNOTATION INFORMATION CAN BE USED, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18322674 titled 'IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONVERTING IMAGE FILE SUCH THAT ALL ANNOTATION INFORMATION CAN BE USED, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes an image processing apparatus that can convert an image file while preserving all annotation information recorded in the file.

  • The apparatus converts a first-format image file, which includes image data and annotation information, to a second-format image file with a smaller memory capacity for annotation information.
  • If the annotation information in the first-format file is not a specific type with a predetermined data amount, it is recorded in the predetermined area of the second-format file.
  • If the annotation information in the first-format file is the specific type, link information to the annotation information is recorded in the predetermined area of the second-format file.
  • The invention allows for efficient conversion of image files while maintaining the usability of annotation information.


Original Abstract Submitted

An image processing apparatus that is capable of converting an image file such that all annotation information recorded in the image file can be used. When converting a first-format image file including image data and annotation information on the image data to a second-format image file whose memory capacity of a predetermined area where annotation information is recorded is smaller than that of the first-format image file, the image processing apparatus, when the annotation information included in the first-format image file is not predetermined annotation information whose data amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, records the annotation information into the predetermined area in the second-format image file, and, when the annotation information included in the first-format image file is the predetermined annotation information, records link information on the annotation information in the predetermined area in the second-format image file.

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