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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Baiping Liao, Saitama, JP;
Ichiro Ueno, Saitama, JP;
Chao Xu, Tokyo, JP;
Tamaki Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiko Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Baiping Liao, Saitama, JP;
Ichiro Ueno, Saitama, JP;
Chao Xu, Tokyo, JP;
Tamaki Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiko Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image managing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes image information storage means that stores image information corresponding to captured image data, and cluster managing means that manages the image information by hierarchical clusters that include a plurality of layers of clusters and whose structure is fixed from an uppermost layer to a predetermined layer on the way to a lowermost layer.