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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Po-chieh Hung, Hachioji, JP;
Po-Chieh Hung, Hachioji, JP;
Abstract
An image control apparatus having an image database storing plural pieces of image information, for controlling the plural pieces of image information, the image control apparatus including: a first image information acquiring device for acquiring first image information; a second image information acquiring device for acquiring second image information; a similarity determining section for determining a similarity through comparison between the first image information and the second image information; and an associating information generating section for generating associating information to associate the first image information with the second image information, based on a judgment result of the similarity determining section, wherein the plural pieces of image information are controlled based on the associating information generated by the associating information generating section.