Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a user interface which facilitates confirmation of an area in an image and associated data corresponding to the area without requiring user's complicated operations. To achieve the object, an information processing apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image including a plurality of objects, and information related to respective positions of the plurality of objects in the first image; and a determining unit configured to determine a position in case of shifting and displaying a second image indicating the plurality of objects with respect to the first image, based on the obtained positions of the plurality of objects.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first data indicating a first defect captured at a first time and a second data corresponding to the first defect captured at a second time before the first time, the first defect being a defect on a structure; and   a display controlling unit configured to display area information for determining an area including the first defect on the structure, the first data, and the second data so that the first data does not overlap the second data.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first defect includes a crack on the structure.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first defect includes a crack on the structure, and   wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data represented by a color line corresponding to a crack thickness of the first defect indicated by the first data, and the second data represented by a color line corresponding to a crack thickness of the first defect indicated by the second data.   
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the obtaining unit further obtains a third data corresponding to the first defect captured at a third time before the second time,   wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data, the second data, and the third data in an order of captured time of the first data, the second data, and the third data.   
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the area information is an image of the first defect captured at the first time.   
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data, the second data, and the area information so that the first defect included in the area information, the first data, and the second data do not overlap each other.   
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data and the second data overlapping the area information.   
     
     
         8 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 a determining unit configured to determine positional relationship between the first data, the second data, and the area information for overlapping the first data and the second data with the area information so that an overlapping area by overlapping the first data or the second data with the first defect of the area information is less than an overlapping area by overlapping the first data or the second data with a position of the first defect of the area information,   wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data, the second data, and the area information according to the positional relationship determined by the determining unit.   
     
     
         9 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the determining unit determines a position shifted in a direction determined based on a main line direction of the first defect from the position of the first defect of the area information, as a position for overlapping the first data or the second data with the area information.   
     
     
         10 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 a calculation unit configured to calculate a score of the positional relationship between the first data, the second data, and the area information,   wherein the determining unit determines a position for overlapping the first data or the second data with the area information based on the score.   
     
     
         11 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the calculation unit calculates each of the scores for a plurality of candidates, and   wherein the determining unit determines a position indicated by a candidate selected based on each of the scores for the plurality of candidates, as a position for overlapping the first data or the second data with the area information.   
     
     
         12 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the score is calculated based on at least one of a value relating overlap the first data or the second data with the first defect included in the area information, and a value relating distance from the first data or the second data to the first defect included in the area information.   
     
     
         13 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an identification unit configured to identify predetermined area among areas indicated by the area information,   wherein the obtaining unit obtains data indicating the first defect included in the predetermined area identified by the identification unit.   
     
     
         14 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein the identification unit identifies the predetermined area based on an area designated by a user in the area information.   
     
     
         15 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first data or the second data is data indicating a detection result of predetermined detection processing detecting a defect from an image.   
     
     
         16 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first data or the second data is data for representing a defect, and   wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data or the second data by representing according to the data.   
     
     
         17 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data and the second data so that an interval between a point of the first data and a point of the second data is an interval corresponding to a time difference between the first time and the second time, the point of the first data corresponding to the point of the second data.   
     
     
         18 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the obtaining unit further obtains a third data corresponding to the first defect captured at a third time before the second time, and   wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data, the second data, and the third data so as to have the same interval between a point of the first data and a point of the second data, and the point of the second data and a point of the third data   
     
     
         19 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the display controlling unit displays the first data and the second data represented by different colors each other based on capturing time of the first defect indicated by the first data and the second data.   
     
     
         20 . A method for controlling an information processing apparatus comprising:
 obtaining a first data indicating a first defect captured at a first time and a second data corresponding to the first defect captured at a second time before the first time, the first defect being a defect on a structure; and   displaying area information for determining an area including the first defect on the structure, the first data, and the second data so that the first data does not overlap the second data.