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Image extracting method, image extracting apparatus, and program for implementing the method
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 2004-01-21
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Granted: 2009-04-07
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Expires: 2024-01-21
Abstract
Abstract An image extracting method that can efficiently extract a predetermined number of images from a large amount of image data and improve user operability. Evaluations for a plurality of images are input. A predetermined number of images are extracted from the plurality of images based on the input evaluations. In a preferred form, the evaluations are sequentially input for respective ones of the plurality of images, preferably, in chronological order.
Inventors
- 👤 Manabu Yamazoe
- 👤 Makoto Torigoe
- 👤 Shigeru Mizoguchi
- 👤 Yuji Akiyama
- 👤 Ryosuke Iguchi
- 👤 Takashi Fujita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:48
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00413; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/50; G06F16/51; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00132; H04N1/00185; H04N1/00196; H04N1/0044; H04N1/00458; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/781; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/431; H04N21/4312; H04N21/4316; H04N21/47
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the images extracted in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined in said layout step based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the images extracted in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined in said layout step based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1 , further comprising an input step of inputting the values of the evaluations for the plurality of images.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 2 , wherein said input step comprises sequentially inputting the evaluations for respective ones of the plurality of images.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 3 , wherein the evaluations are input in chronological order.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 2 , wherein said input step comprises inputting an instruction for image correction processing including an image correction, in addition to inputting the evaluations.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 2 , wherein the evaluations are values intermediate between a predetermined highest value and a predetermined lowest value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
A method according to claim 1 , further comprising a division step of dividing the plurality of images into a plurality of groups, and wherein said extraction step comprises extracting at least one image from the images belonging to each of the groups into which the plurality of images are divided and executing the extraction of the images until a number of images extracted from all the groups reaches to the set number.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 7 , wherein said division step comprises designating a group to which each of the plurality of images is to belong and carrying out the division according to the designated group.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 7 , wherein said division step comprises dividing the images according to at least one selected from times of creation of the images and a change in scenes of the images.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 7 , further comprising an extraction number input step of inputting a number of images to be extracted from each of the groups into which the plurality of images is divided.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method according to claim 1 , wherein said extracting step comprises eliminating an image, the recognized evaluation of which is lower than a specific value, from the set number of images, even where the total number of the extracted images does not reach to the set number.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
78 words
A method according to claim 1 , further comprising a determining step of determining, when laying out the extracted images on a page of the photo album including a plurality of layout regions at least one of which is different in size from the other, an image to be laid out at one of the plurality of layout regions from the extracted images, based on data included in the extracted images respectively corresponding to the order of priority.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
167 words
An apparatus that lays out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting device adapted to set a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition device adapted to recognize evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extraction device adapted to extract the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout device adapted to lay out the images extracted by said extraction device in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined by said layout device based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
167 words
An apparatus that lays out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting device adapted to set a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition device adapted to recognize evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extraction device adapted to extract the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout device adapted to lay out the images extracted by said extraction device in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined by said layout device based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
79 words
An apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising a determining device adapted to determine, when laying out the extracted images on a page of the photo album including a plurality of layout regions at least one of which is different in size from the other, an image to be laid out at one of the plurality of layout regions from the extracted images, based on data included in the extracted images respectively corresponding to the order of priority.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
180 words
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, the image extracting method comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the images extracted in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined in said layout step based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
180 words
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, the image extracting method comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the images extracted in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined in said layout step based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
82 words
A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , the method further comprising a determining step of determining, when laying out the extracted images on a page of the photo album including a plurality of layout regions at least one of which is different in size from the other, an image to be laid out at one of the plurality of layout regions from the extracted images, based on data included in the extracted images respectively corresponding to the order of priority.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
158 words
A method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extracting step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images in descending order of the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the extracted images in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to each of layout regions for laying out images on the pages of the photo album, wherein the order of priority previously set in said layout step is determined based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
158 words
A method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extracting step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images in descending order of the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the extracted images in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to each of layout regions for laying out images on the pages of the photo album, wherein the order of priority previously set in said layout step is determined based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
164 words
An apparatus that lays out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting device adapted to set a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images; a recognition device adapted to recognize evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extracting device adapted to extract the set number of the images from the plurality of images in descending order of the recognized evaluations; and a layout device adapted to lay out the images extracted by said extraction device in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined by said layout device based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
164 words
An apparatus that lays out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting device adapted to set a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images; a recognition device adapted to recognize evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extracting device adapted to extract the set number of the images from the plurality of images in descending order of the recognized evaluations; and a layout device adapted to lay out the images extracted by said extraction device in accordance with an order of priority previously set to layout regions for images to be laid out on each of the pages of the photo album, wherein the previously set order of priority is determined by said layout device based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
174 words
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, the image extracting method comprising: a setting step of setting a number of images to be extracted from the plurality of images; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extracting step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images in descending order of the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the extracted images in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to each of layout regions for laying out images on the pages of the photo album, wherein the order of priority previously set in said layout step is determined based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
174 words
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, the image extracting method comprising: a setting step of setting a number of images to be extracted from the plurality of images; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for the plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; an extracting step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images in descending order of the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the extracted images in said extraction step in accordance with an order of priority previously set to each of layout regions for laying out images on the pages of the photo album, wherein the order of priority previously set in said layout step is determined based on a parameter different from the evaluations.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
231 words
A method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for a plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; a division step of dividing the plurality of images into a plurality of groups; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the set number of images extracted in said extraction step based on a parameter different from the evaluations, wherein said extraction step comprises extracting at least one image from the images belonging to each of the groups into which the plurality of images are divided and executing the extraction of the images until a number of images extracted from all the groups reaches to the set number, and wherein said extracting step comprises eliminating an image, the recognized evaluations of which is lower than a specific value, from the set number of images, even where the total number of the extracted images does not reach to the set number.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
231 words
A method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for a plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; a division step of dividing the plurality of images into a plurality of groups; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the set number of images extracted in said extraction step based on a parameter different from the evaluations, wherein said extraction step comprises extracting at least one image from the images belonging to each of the groups into which the plurality of images are divided and executing the extraction of the images until a number of images extracted from all the groups reaches to the set number, and wherein said extracting step comprises eliminating an image, the recognized evaluations of which is lower than a specific value, from the set number of images, even where the total number of the extracted images does not reach to the set number.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
234 words
An apparatus that lays out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting device adapted to set a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition device adapted to recognize evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for a plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; a division device adapted to divide the plurality of images into a plurality of groups; an extraction device adapted to extract the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout device adapted to lay out the set number of images extracted in said extraction device based on a parameter different from the evaluations, wherein said extraction device extracts at least one image from the images belonging to each of the groups into which the plurality of images are divided and executes the extraction of the images until a number of images extracted from all the groups reaches to the set number, and wherein said extracting device eliminates an image, the recognized evaluations of which is lower than a specific value, from the set number of images, even where the total number of the extracted images does not reach to the set number.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
234 words
An apparatus that lays out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, comprising: a setting device adapted to set a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition device adapted to recognize evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for a plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; a division device adapted to divide the plurality of images into a plurality of groups; an extraction device adapted to extract the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout device adapted to lay out the set number of images extracted in said extraction device based on a parameter different from the evaluations, wherein said extraction device extracts at least one image from the images belonging to each of the groups into which the plurality of images are divided and executes the extraction of the images until a number of images extracted from all the groups reaches to the set number, and wherein said extracting device eliminates an image, the recognized evaluations of which is lower than a specific value, from the set number of images, even where the total number of the extracted images does not reach to the set number.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
248 words
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, the image extracting method comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for a plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; a division step of dividing the plurality of images into a plurality of groups; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the set number of images extracted in said extraction step based on a parameter different from the evaluations, wherein said extraction step comprises extracting at least one image from the images belonging to each of the groups into which the plurality of images are divided and executing the extraction of the images until a number of images extracted from all the groups reaches to the set number, and wherein said extracting step comprises eliminating an image, the recognized evaluations of which is lower than a specific value, from the set number of images, even where the total number of the extracted images does not reach to the set number.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
248 words
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of laying out images extracted from a plurality of images on pages of a photo album, the image extracting method comprising: a setting step of setting a number of the images to be extracted from the plurality of images according to a user operation; a recognition step of recognizing evaluations for the plurality of images, wherein the evaluations are values set for a plurality of images by a user and designating rating scores of the plurality of images evaluated by the user; a division step of dividing the plurality of images into a plurality of groups; an extraction step of extracting the set number of the images from the plurality of images based on the recognized evaluations; and a layout step of laying out the set number of images extracted in said extraction step based on a parameter different from the evaluations, wherein said extraction step comprises extracting at least one image from the images belonging to each of the groups into which the plurality of images are divided and executing the extraction of the images until a number of images extracted from all the groups reaches to the set number, and wherein said extracting step comprises eliminating an image, the recognized evaluations of which is lower than a specific value, from the set number of images, even where the total number of the extracted images does not reach to the set number.
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