Titling apparatus, a titling method, and a machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for titling

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a titling apparatus which can give a title proper for a user to an image. A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a captured image storing unit for storing a captured image group include a plurality of captured images, an image capturing time storing unit for storing image capturing time when each of the plurality of captured images stored by the captured image storing unit is captured, an image capturing period judging unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the image capturing time stored by the image capturing time storing unit, a period terminology storing unit for storing a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season, and a titling unit for giving a title to the captured image group stored by the captured image storing unit by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the plurality of terms stored by the period terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing time included in the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by the image capturing period judging unit and the output time acquired by the output time acquiring unit is longer.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 identifying, by a computing system, a first time period based at least in part on time data indicating when a first image was captured;   generating, by the computing system, a first title for the first image based at least in part on the first time period;   generating, by the computing system, a second title for the first image based at least in part on a second time period, the second time identified based at least in part on the time data and being shorter in time width than the first time period; and   associating, by the computing system, the second title with the first image.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining that the first title is unavailable for use with the first image.   
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining that the first title is unavailable for use with the first image further comprises:
 determining that the first title is being used for a second image.   
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining that the second title is unavailable for use with the first image;   generating a third title for the first image based at least in part on a third time period, the third time period identified based at least in part on the time data and being shorter in time width than the second time period; and   associating the third title with the first image.   
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the second time period is included within the first time period. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the first title includes a first term corresponding to the first time period, and wherein the second title includes a second term corresponding to the second time period. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first term and the second term is selected from a plurality of terms respectively corresponding to a plurality of time periods with different time widths. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the identifying the first time period based at least in part on the time data further comprises:
 analyzing the time data to determine a time at which the first image was captured;   determining a first duration of time that includes the time at which the first image was captured; and   identifying the first time period as the first duration of time.   
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the generating the second title for the first image based at least in part on the second time period further comprises:
 determining a second duration of time that is at least partially within the first duration of time and that includes the time at which the first image was captured; and   identifying the second time period as the second duration of time.   
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the first time period and the second time period is associated with at least one of a millennium, a century, a decade, a year, a quarter, a season, a month, a week, a day, an hour, a minute, or a second. 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 at least one processor; and   a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:
 identifying a first time period based at least in part on time data indicating when a first image was captured; 
 generating a first title for the first image based at least in part on the first time period; 
 generating a second title for the first image based at least in part on a second time period, the second time identified based at least in part on the time data and being shorter in time width than the first time period; and 
 associating the second title with the first image. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 determining that the first title is unavailable for use with the first image.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the determining that the first title is unavailable for use with the first image further comprises:
 determining that the first title is being used for a second image.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 determining that the second title is unavailable for use with the first image;   generating a third title for the first image based at least in part on a third time period, the third time period identified based at least in part on the time data and being shorter in time width than the second time period; and   associating the third title with the first image.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the second time period is included within the first time period. 
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:
 identifying a first time period based at least in part on time data indicating when a first image was captured;   generating a first title for the first image based at least in part on the first time period;   generating a second title for the first image based at least in part on a second time period, the second time identified based at least in part on the time data and being shorter in time width than the first time period; and   associating the second title with the first image.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 determining that the first title is unavailable for use with the first image.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein the determining that the first title is unavailable for use with the first image further comprises:
 determining that the first title is being used for a second image.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 determining that the second title is unavailable for use with the first image;   generating a third title for the first image based at least in part on a third time period, the third time period identified based at least in part on the time data and being shorter in time width than the second time period; and   associating the third title with the first image.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein the second time period is included within the first time period.