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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Iwabuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus for supporting a user's task for identifying a defect in an object based on a target image that is a photographed image of the object, includes: a selecting unit that selects, based on an user's input, one from one or more reference images to which is referred by the user for identifying a defect in the object; a display unit that comparably displays the target image and the selected reference image on a certain display device; a specifying unit that receives an user's operation for specifying a defect in the target image displayed by the display unit; and a generating unit that generates a new reference image based on a partial area, of the target image, including the specified defect. A new reference image generated by the generating unit is added to the one or more reference images selectable by the selecting unit.