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Image management apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium and capsule endoscope system

US8918740B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2012
Grant dateDec 23, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2219/004
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image management apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of types of additional information assigned to a plurality of images; a calculation unit that calculates a feature quantity of each of the images; an extracting unit that extracts, based on the feature quantity, additional information of the plurality of types of additional information; a control unit that generates one or more icons corresponding to the one or more types of additional information and displays the icons on a screen; an input unit that receives input according to a user's operation; a selecting unit that selects an image according to the signal; and an assigning unit that assigns to the selected image, when input of an operation signal associating the image selected by the image selecting unit with an icon selected by the user is received, additional information corresponding to the icon associated with the selected image.

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