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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Araki Matsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Hirotani, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus which searches for an image containing an object requested from a distribution destination apparatus, and manages an object of an image and a user of a distribution destination apparatus by categories; a unit which receives information about the user of the distribution destination apparatus and information about the requested object; a unit which determines a distribution destination user category to which the user of the distribution destination apparatus belongs; a unit which determines an object category to which the object requested from the distribution destination apparatus belongs; a unit which decides a search condition of an image based on the distribution destination user category and the object category; and a unit which searches for an image based on the decided search condition.