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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Applicant:
Tsunayuki Ohwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tsunayuki Ohwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06K 9/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes clustering means for performing clustering on multiple images so as to more strongly connect the images at a closer distance based on the distances determined by metadata of the images, and grouping means for grouping the images such that the number of images of each group can be equal to or lower than a predetermined number of images in accordance with the strength of connection among the images.