IMAGE SELECTION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING SELECTION OF WELL-PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE FROM PLURAL IMAGES
First Claim
1. An image selection support apparatus comprising:
- an image inputting section which inputs a plurality of images;
a specific area inclusion area deciding section which decides an area including a specific area in each of the plurality of images input by the image inputting section using a Kohonen-type learning vector quantization neural net or a Kohonen self-organizing neural net; and
an image displaying section which enlarges and displays a plurality of areas, arranged in an array in one screen, that include a specific area in each of the plurality of images determined by the specific area inclusion area deciding section.
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Abstract
A feature area extracting section extracts an area having a unique feature in an image input to an image selection support apparatus. A specific area feature collating and determining section determines whether or not the area having a feature and extracted by the feature area extracting section is a specific area. A specific area image reading section decides a rectangular area including the specific area, and reads image information of the rectangular area. The specific area image reading section has at least one of an enlargement displaying section which enlarges and displays the image information read by the specific area image reading section, a thumbnail display section which reduces and displays the input image, and an original image displaying section which enlarges and displays the input image.
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24 Claims
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1. An image selection support apparatus comprising:
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an image inputting section which inputs a plurality of images; a specific area inclusion area deciding section which decides an area including a specific area in each of the plurality of images input by the image inputting section using a Kohonen-type learning vector quantization neural net or a Kohonen self-organizing neural net; and an image displaying section which enlarges and displays a plurality of areas, arranged in an array in one screen, that include a specific area in each of the plurality of images determined by the specific area inclusion area deciding section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15, 24)
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5. An image selection support method comprising:
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inputting a plurality of images; deciding an area including a specific area within each of the input plurality of images using a Kohonen-type learning vector quantization neural net or a Kohonen self-organizing neural net; and enlarging and displaying a plurality of areas, arranged in an array in one screen, that include a specific area in each of the plurality of images decided by the act of deciding. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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9. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer readable programs to support image selection by a computer, the computer readable programs comprising:
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a first computer readable program which makes the computer execute an image inputting step of inputting a plurality of images; a second computer readable program which makes the computer execute a specific area inclusion area deciding step of deciding an area including the specific area within each of the plurality of images input in the image inputting step using a Kohonen-type learning vector quantization neural net or a Kohonen self-organizing neural net; and a third computer readable program which makes the computer execute a displaying step of enlarging and displaying a plurality of areas, arranged in an array in one screen, that include a specific area in each of the plurality of images determined by the specific area inclusion area deciding step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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