Patent ID: 8169505
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image management apparatus comprising: a period setting unit setting a predetermined period; an imaging unit acquiring an image; a position information acquisition unit acquiring capturing position information indicating an imaging location at which an image is acquired by the imaging unit; an image management unit linking the image and the capturing position information; a map information acquisition unit acquiring map information representing a predetermined range of map designated by a user; a judgment unit judging whether or not the imaging location corresponding to each of a plurality of images acquired by the imaging unit in the predetermined period is covered within the designated range of the map; a display position determination unit determining the display position of the imaging location judged to be covered within the designated range of the map by the judgment unit among imaging locations individually corresponding to the plurality of images; a map correction unit receiving display position information determined by the display position determination unit and generating secondary order map information, in accordance with the display position information, by attaching a mark representing the imaging location onto a map included in the map information acquired by the map information acquisition unit, the map correction unit receiving the display position information and generating the secondary order map information only when the imaging location of the image data, captured by the imaging unit, is separated by a specified distance from the imaging location of the image data which was captured a previous time; and a display unit displaying the secondary order map information generated by the map correction unit.