Patent ID: 11962809
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 21:
22. A processing apparatus for processing a still image file including a media data portion and a metadata portion, the metadata portion being different from the media data portion, the processing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the processing apparatus to perform operations including:
obtaining, from the still image file, identification information for each of media items, a first media item corresponding to a still image and a plurality of second media items corresponding to a plurality of partial areas in the still image;
obtaining, from the still image file, description information comprising parameters relating to the plurality of partial areas;
obtaining, from the still image file, association information for associating each identification information of the plurality of second media items with at least one parameter in the description information, and
obtaining, from the still image file, item reference information which represents, by using the identification information, a reference between the first media item and the plurality of second media items; and
processing the still image file based on at least one of the identification information, the description information, the association information, and the item reference information.