APPARATUS FOR RESTRICTING IMAGE USE FREQUENCY AND METHOD FOR RESTRICTING IMAGE USE FREQUENCY

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image use frequency restricting apparatus that can prevent cost for communication with a server connected to a network from being incurred and apply restriction on use to image data. PSOLUTION: The image use frequency restricting apparatus includes a metadata storing unit that embed, according to use of image data, the number of times of use of the image data in the image data as metadata, a metadata reading unit that reads the number of times of use by reading the metadata embedded in the image data, and a use frequency managing unit that manages the number of times of use of the image data on the basis of the number of times of use read by the metadata reading unit and a predetermined upper limit number of times of use. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT