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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Yohei Fujitani, Kawasaki, JP;
Yohei Fujitani, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to enable a substitute representative image to be properly selected in a case where a representative image representing a plurality of series of related images was deleted, if a deletion or the like of the representative image is performed, whether or not the representative image is associated with an image file which is subsequently read out is discriminated on the basis of attribute information of each image. If it is associated as a result of the discrimination, a system control unit stores the attribute information of the current read-out image file and repeats a processing until an image number is equal to a minimum number or the image file which is not the unrelated image is detected. Even if the representative image is deleted, a representative image is enabled to be selected from the images associated with the deleted representative image.