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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuma Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayaka Kinoshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information management apparatus is provided and includes a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor of the information management apparatus to register second information about a second image modified from a first image in a blockchain for management, and determine whether modification content of the second image meets a permission condition based on permission information indicating a permission condition that describes a type of modification able to be performed on the first image, the permission information being included in first information about the first image. The first image is managed through registration of the first information in the blockchain, and the second information is registered in the blockchain if the information management apparatus determines that the modification content of the second image meets the permission condition.