Patent ID: 8279319
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: image-information obtaining means for obtaining first image information; display processing means for using function data including at least second image information and condition information to display an image of the second image information on a display, and for allowing display of a representative image representing the first image information on a predetermined area of the displayed image of the second image information; determining means for determining whether the content of first related information associated with the first image information satisfies a condition represented by the condition information; and display controlling means for causing the display processing means to display the representative image only when the determining means determines that the condition is satisfied, the function data further includes second related information having certain content that is associable with the predetermined area, and the information processing apparatus further comprises associating means for associating the first image information with the second related information when the determining means determines that the condition is satisfied, the first image information and the second related information being associated by storing the first image information and the second related information on a recording medium with the first related information, and the first related information including at least information representing a position of the image-information obtaining means at the time of obtaining the first image information, the first related information and second related information being included in a management file which is stored on the recording medium, the management file including a property subfile, a thumbnail subfile and a title subfile, the first related information being stored in the property subfile, and the second related information being stored in the title subfile, the property subfile includes a single property-file header and one or more fixed-length property slots provided in association with respective image files, the thumbnail subfile includes one or more fixed-length thumbnail slots each associated with a single image file and storing thumbnail image data representing the associated image file, and the title subfile includes one or more fixed length title slots each associated with a single image file.