Patent ID: 8009860
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for extracting embedded information that is embedded in an image, comprising: a central processing unit; an information extraction unit configured to extract the embedded information from the image; a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a correspondence table for determining one or more executable functions according to a type of the embedded information, wherein the correspondence table includes a plurality of executable functions and a plurality of types of embedded information; an executable function determination unit configured to determine the one or more executable functions according to the embedded information that is extracted by referring to the correspondence table to generate a list of the one or more executable functions; and a display unit configured to display the list of the one or more executable functions determined by the executable function determination unit, said display unit having one or more buttons corresponding to the one or more executable functions for a user to select at least one of the one or more executable functions, wherein the plurality of types of embedded information included in the correspondence table comprises author identification information and time of generation information.