Sony Corporation

Misa Tamura

Satoshi Akagawa

Tsunayuki Ohwa

An information processing apparatus includes feature extraction means for extracting features of a designated image in plural images which are associated with each other, image determination means for determining whether the designated image is an image of the face of a certificate, a receipt, a ticket or a note on which a character string is written based on the extracted features, and metadata addition means for adding the first metadata which is character string data of the character string to another image in the plural images, when it is determined that the designated image is an image of the face of a certificate, a receipt, a ticket or a note on which a character string is written.

Information processing apparatus, method, and program product

The invention provides a user with a key or a visual clue to a desired content. There is provided a random search mode searching the content randomly when a user has no object for searching the content, and a specific search mode with object or search condition specified. The search condition is randomly generated or the content is extracted regardless of the search condition under the random search mode while the content is extracted based on the search condition such as a media type of the content input by the user or other content attributes.

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Tokyo, Japan

Misa Tamura