US 12,205,187 B2
Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Eiji Imao, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,357.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-133671 (JP), filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059670 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 1/0007 (2013.01) [G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 16/5866 (2019.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus that generates an image file having a structure including a first storage region and a second storage region, the first storage region storing a plurality of instances of image data and the second storage region storing metadata pertaining to the plurality of instances of image data,
wherein the metadata includes:
synchronous group information that groups image data shot synchronously with respect to time, the synchronous group information indicating image data, among the plurality of instances of image data, belonging to a group created by the grouping; and
indicator information that indicates an indicator of grouping for the group indicated by the synchronous group information, and
the image processing apparatus comprises at least one processor to function as the following units:
an obtainment unit configured to obtain the plurality of instances of image data and shooting information pertaining to shooting of the image data;
a configuration unit configured to configure the synchronous group information and the indicator information based on the shooting information obtained by the obtainment unit; and
a generation unit configured to generate the image file storing the plurality of instances of image data obtained by the obtainment unit, and the synchronous group information and the indicator information configured by the configuration unit.