INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20070057966A1
• Filed: 09/06/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Aratani, Shuntaro, Ohno, Tomoyuki, Miyamoto, Katsuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,848,546 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

This invention is directed to reduce the correction load on a user when a plurality of images are to be grouped. An information processing method of discriminating an object contained in a first image and grouping the first image to a plurality of grouping destinations for each object includes a discrimination step of discriminating an object from the first image, a grouping destination determination step of determining, on the basis of the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step, to which one of the plurality of grouping destinations the first image is to be grouped, and a display control step of displaying, on a window, a process of moving the first image to a position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined in the grouping destination determination step.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which discriminates an object contained in a first image and groups the first image to a plurality of grouping destinations for each object, comprising:

a display unit adapted to display the first image and a second image indicating the grouping destination;

a discrimination unit adapted to discriminate an object from the first image;

a grouping destination determination unit adapted to determine, on the basis of the discrimination result obtained by said discrimination unit, to which one of the plurality of grouping destinations the first image is to be grouped; and

a display control unit adapted to control said display unit to display, on a window of said display unit, a process of moving the first image to a position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined by said grouping destination determination unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said grouping destination determination unit assigns the first image to a plurality of grouping destinations when a plurality of objects are contained in the first image.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a priority level determination unit for determining priority levels of the plurality of grouping destinations when the first image is assigned to the plurality of grouping destinations.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the discrimination result obtained by said discrimination unit includes reliability information as information associated with reliability that an object contained in the first image is a specific object, and said priority level determination unit determines priority levels of the plurality of grouping destinations on the basis of the reliability information.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control unit controls, on the basis of the discrimination result obtained by said discrimination unit, a moving speed at which the first image is moved to the position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined by said grouping destination determination unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the discrimination result obtained by said discrimination unit includes count information of objects contained in the first image, and said display control unit controls the moving speed on the basis of the count information.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the discrimination result obtained by said discrimination unit includes reliability information as information associated with reliability that an object contained in the first image is a specific object, and said display control unit controls the moving speed on the basis of the reliability information.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said grouping destination determination unit changes the grouping destination of the first image on the basis of an input from a user.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control unit controls said display unit to highlight and display an area including an object discriminated by said discrimination unit and a second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined by said grouping destination determination unit.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control unit displays an area including the object discriminated by said discrimination unit while enlarging the area in a process of moving the first image to the position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined by said grouping destination determination unit.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the discrimination result obtained by said discrimination unit includes reliability information as information associated with reliability that an object contained in the first image is a specific object, and said display control unit changes, on the basis of the reliability information, an enlargement ratio at which the area is displayed and enlarged.

12. An information processing method of discriminating an object contained in a first image and grouping the first image to a plurality of grouping destinations for each object, comprising:

a discrimination step of discriminating an object from the first image;

a grouping destination determination step of determining, on the basis of the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step, to which one of the plurality of grouping destinations the first image is to be grouped; and

a display control step of displaying, on a window, a process of moving the first image to a position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined in the grouping destination determination step.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein in the grouping destination determination step, the first image is assigned to a plurality of grouping destinations when a plurality of objects are contained in the first image.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising a priority level determination step of determining priority levels of the plurality of grouping destinations when the first image is assigned to the plurality of grouping destinations.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step includes reliability information as information associated with reliability that an object contained in the first image is a specific object, and in the priority level determination step, priority levels of the plurality of grouping destinations are determined on the basis of the reliability information.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein in the display step, a moving speed at which the first image is moved to the position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined in the grouping destination determination step is controlled on the basis of the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step includes count information of objects contained in the first image, and in the display step, the moving speed is controlled on the basis of the count information.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step includes reliability information as information associated with reliability that an object contained in the first image is a specific object, and in the display step, the moving speed is controlled on the basis of the reliability information.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein in the grouping destination determination step, the grouping destination of the first image is changed on the basis of an input from a user.

20. The method according to claim 12, wherein in the display step, an area including an object discriminated in the discrimination step and a second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined in the grouping destination determination step are highlighted and displayed.

21. The method according to claim 12, wherein in the display step, an area including the object discriminated in the discrimination step is displayed while being enlarged in a process of moving the first image to the position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined in the grouping destination determination step.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step includes reliability information as information associated with reliability that an object contained in the first image is a specific object, and in the display control step, an enlargement ratio at which the area is displayed and enlarged is changed on the basis of the reliability information.

23. A program causing a computer to execute an information processing method defined in claim 12.

24. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program defined in claim 23.