Erroneous erasure determination apparatus, method and computer program product, and image generation apparatus

Abstract

An image file generation apparatus includes an identification unit for identifying two or more image data desired to be recorded in a multi-page format in which a plurality of image data is recorded in a single image file, and an image file generation unit for generating a single image file by recording auxiliary information at a known position of a header of an image file which indicates that the image file is recorded in the multi-page format, and for recording the two or more image data identified by the identification unit delimited by a specific identifier between each image data.

1 . An image file generation apparatus, comprising:
 an identification unit for identifying two or more image data desired to be recorded in a multi-page format in which a plurality of image data is recorded in a single image file; and   an image file generation unit for generating a single image file by recording auxiliary information at a known position of a header of an image file which indicates that the image file is recorded in the multi-page format, and for recording the two or more image data identified by the identification unit delimited by a specific identifier between each image data.   
     
     
         2 . The image file generation apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the known position comprises a portion of an image unique ID tag area of a format standard Exif. 
     
     
         3 . The image file generation apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further comprises an imaging unit for obtaining image data by photographing, and a photographing mode setting unit for setting a photographing mode of the photographing, and
 wherein the identification unit comprises a unit that identifies the two or more image data desired to be recorded in the multi-page format based on a photographing mode set by the photographing mode setting unit.   
     
     
         4 . The image file generation apparatus as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the identification unit comprises a unit that identifies two or more image data photographed in one of an action mode, a bracket mode, a panorama mode, a stereoscopic mode, and a multiview image mode as the two or more image data desired to be recorded in the multi-page format. 
     
     
         5 . The image file generation apparatus as claimed in claim  1 , wherein the identification unit comprises a unit that identifies the two or more image data desired to be recorded in the multi-page format from a plurality of image data based on date and time information attached to each image data. 
     
     
         6 . The image file generation apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the identification unit comprises a unit that identifies the two or more image data desired to be recorded in the multi-page format from a plurality of image data by evaluating a correlation between each image data and based on a result of the evaluation.