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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Kentaro Matsumoto, Higashikurume, JP;
Miyuki Enokida, Yokohama, JP;
Kunihiro Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Kusama, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of images and a feature of each of these images are stored in one image file. An attribute information area stores attribute information necessary to read out and display the images stored in the image file. A feature data area continuously stores features of the images stored in the image file. An image data area continuously stores image data of the images stored in the image file. Since one image file has the attribute information, the feature data area continuously storing the features of all images, and the image data area continuously storing all images, high-speed access to the image data and simple management of the image data are realized.