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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Hideki Sorakado, Asaka, JP;
Hideki Sorakado, Asaka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Information processing in which a position metadata piece is acquired from a target data piece, the position metadata piece indicating a position. Position metadata pieces are acquired from a plurality of other data pieces different from the target data piece. Target metadata pieces other than the position metadata pieces from the other data pieces are acquired, a distribution of the target metadata pieces is analyzed based on positions indicated by the position metadata pieces acquired from the other data pieces, and a target metadata piece that has a value related to the target data piece is assigned to the target data piece, the target metadata piece being selected from among the analyzed target metadata pieces, based on the distribution and the position indicated by the position metadata piece acquired from the target data piece.