Image group title assigning device, image grouping device, representative image determination device for image group, image display device, camera, and image display program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10474931-B2
Application number	US-201615074316-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2016
Priority date	Jan 18, 2008
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

An image group title assigning device includes: a title candidate assigning means for assigning a plurality of title candidates to an image group having a plurality of images; a characteristic amount calculating means for individually calculating characteristic amounts of a plurality of images included in the image group in association with each of the plurality of title candidates; and a title determining means for determining a title representing the image group from among the title candidates based upon a characteristic amount of each of the images calculated for each of the title candidates.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image display device, comprising:
a processor configured to:
perform subject recognition processing on a plurality of images in a group, the subject recognition processing recognizing a subject in each of the images, the images being classified into the group;
make a decision as to whether or not at least one image with a person captured is included in the plurality of images in the group based on a recognition result of the subject recognition processing;
when a decision is made that at least one image with the person captured is included in the plurality of images in the group, set a first selection criterion for selecting a representative image from the plurality of images in the group;
when a decision is made that an image in which the person is captured is not included in the plurality of images in the group, set a second selection criterion for selecting the representative image from the plurality of images in the group; and
select, an image from the plurality of images in the group to be the representative image, based on the first selection criterion in a case that at least one image with the person captured is included in the plurality of images in the group, or based on the second selection criterion in a case that at least one image with the person captured is not included in the plurality of images in the group, wherein

the first selection criteria is a selection criterion used to select the representative image based upon a face of the person captured in the image.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a display configured to display information related to the representative image and information related to the group that includes the representative image in association with each other.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first selection criterion is a selection criterion used to select the representative image by making a decision as to whether or not the face of the person is a face of a family member or an acquaintance, whether or not the face of the person is facing frontward, whether or not the face of the person is smiling, or whether or not an area of the face of the person is a greatest face area.

4. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second selection criterion is a selection criterion used to select the representative image by making a decision as to whether or not the image is not blurring, whether or not the image has a main subject in focus, whether or not the image has proper brightness, or whether or not the image is captured in an optimal composition.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium having an image display program embedded therein, the image display program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to:
perform subject recognition processing on a plurality of images in a group, the subject recognition processing recognizing a subject in the image, the images being classified into the group;
make a decision as to whether or not at least one image with a person captured is included in the plurality of images in the group based upon a recognition result of the subject recognition processing; and
when a decision is made that at least one image with the person captured is included in the plurality of images in the group, set a first selection criterion for selecting a representative image from the plurality of images in the group;
when a decision is made that an image in which a person is captured is not included in the plurality of images in the group, set a second selection criterion for selecting the representative image from the plurality of images in the group; and
select an image from the plurality of images in the group to be a representative image based on the first selection criterion in a case that at least one image with the person captured is included in the plurality of images in the group, or based on the second selection criterion in a case that at least one image with the person captured is not included in the plurality of images in the group, wherein
the first selection criteria is a selection criterion used to select the representative image based upon a face of the person captured in the image.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein the image display program further causes the computer to cause information related to the representative image and information related to the group that includes the representative image to be displayed in association with each other.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein the first selection criterion is a selection criterion to select the representative image by making a decision as to whether or not the face of the person is a face of a family member or an acquaintance, whether or not the face of the person is facing frontward, whether or not the face of the person is smiling, and whether or not an area of the face of the person is of a quality that is better than a predetermined level of quality.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein the second selection criterion is a selection criterion used to select the representative image by making a decision as to whether or not the image is not blurring, whether or not the image has a main subject in focus, whether or not the image has proper brightness, and whether or not the image is captured in a composition better than a predetermined quality level of composition.

Assignees

• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Mitsuhashi Setsu
• Tanaka Mikiya

Classifications

• G06F18/24

  Classification techniques · CPC title

• H04N5/772 Primary

  the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure · CPC title

• G06F18/22

  Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures · CPC title

• G06V20/00

  Scenes; Scene-specific elements (control of digital cameras H04N23/60) · CPC title

• H04N5/91

  Television signal processing therefor · CPC title