A device comprising: an input for receiving images captured by a camera, of an environment illuminated by light from a light source; an image processing module; and a verification module. The image processing module is configured to process one or more of the images to decode a timestamp modulated into the light, and to output an indication of the decoded timestamp. The verification module is arranged to receive the indication of the decoded timestamp output by the image processing module, and based thereon to perform an at least partially automated verification of a time at which the one or more images were captured.

A transmission job for transmitting image data is executed. A report indicating a result of transmission of the image data is output. A first instruction regarding output of the report is accepted as a common setting for a plurality of transmission jobs. A second instruction regarding output of the report is accepted as an individual setting for a specific transmission job. Control is performed so as to output the report if the second instruction indicates that the report is to be output, even if the first instruction does not indicate that the report is to be output.

Systems and methods are provided for revising the time associated with a digital photograph. A digital photograph and data representing an initial time the photograph was taken may not correspond with identified temporal information. In response, a revised time may be generated based on the temporal information and associated with the digital photograph.

Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is ON, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.

In a case where an image forming apparatus is connected to an information processing apparatus, correction information is generated through comparison between time information obtained by the image forming apparatus and time information obtained by the information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus transmits, to the information processing apparatus, time information indicating a time at which setting information is updated in the image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus corrects the received time information with the correction information. The information processing apparatus determines whether to update setting information stored in the information processing apparatus with received setting information, based on the corrected time information.

An image pickup apparatus capable of associating a shooter with a shot image in consideration of shooter's intention. The image pickup apparatus has a first image pickup unit that shoots a subject to obtain a first image and a second image pickup unit that shoots a shooter to obtain a second image. An identification unit identifies a person existing in the first image to obtain first identification information and identifies a person existing in the second image to obtain second identification information. A recording unit records the second identification information as shooter information in metadata of the first image, together with the second image. If, after the person existing in the second image is identified, the same person as the person identified from the second image is identified from the first image, identification information about the same person is recorded as the shooter information in the metadata.

A cell phone is disclosed for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto. A capture device captures information from an external source. A processor is provided for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that the representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information. The processor also places the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information. A transmitter transmits the transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to the receiving facility. An encryptor encrypts the augmented captured information with a symmetrical encryption algorithm to provide encrypted augmented captured information in the transmission with the subscriber information.

A server 100 capable of surely synchronizing MFPs 102 and 103. The server 100 writes a first time that the server 101 measures in response to storing of information changed in the MFP 102. When the time that the server 101 measures is changed, a time difference between the time before the change and the time after the change is calculated. A modified first time is acquired by applying the calculated time difference to the written first time when the time that the server 101 measures is changed after the first time has been written. When the modified first time is a time between a time when a previous inquiry was received from the MFP 103 and a time when a current inquiry from the MFP 103 is received, the information indicating the content of the changed information is transmitted to the MFP 103.

An image forming apparatus includes one or more controllers that control giving of additional information to image information, and an image former that forms an image of a code related to the additional information to be given to an image of the image information in a case where the additional information is given under control of the one or more controllers. The one or more controllers give, to the image information, the additional information that differs in response to a type of the image information.

There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store log data, which indicate locations along a path of movement, and image data, wherein the log data contains a plurality of pairs of position information and time information and wherein the image data contains time information and position information indicating a position where an image is captured; and a generation unit configured to generate interpolated log data which contains the plurality of pairs contained in the log data and the pair of position information and time information contained in the image data.