APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE
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1. An apparatus for processing an image, comprising:
- a classifying unit that analyzes a plurality of images to be displayed and classifies the images by attributes;
an obtaining unit that obtains image characteristic information indicating an image characteristic from each of classified images;
a first generating unit that generates a characteristic amount vector for each of the images using the attributes and the image characteristic;
a determining unit that determines display positions of thumbnail images of the images such that thumbnail images of same attribute are displayed close to each other and thumbnail images of higher degree of similarity are displayed closer to each other based on the characteristic amount vector generated by the first generating unit; and
a second generating unit that generates the thumbnail images and a list of thumbnail images in which the thumbnail images are arranged in the display positions determined by the determining unit.
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Abstract
A classifying unit classifies a plurality of images by attributes. An obtaining unit obtains image characteristic information indicating an image characteristic from each of classified images. A first generating unit generates a characteristic amount vector for each of the images using the attributes and the image characteristic. A determining unit determines display positions of thumbnail images of the images based on the characteristic amount vector. A second generating unit generates the thumbnail images and a list of thumbnail images in which the thumbnail images are arranged in the display positions.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for processing an image, comprising:
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a classifying unit that analyzes a plurality of images to be displayed and classifies the images by attributes; an obtaining unit that obtains image characteristic information indicating an image characteristic from each of classified images; a first generating unit that generates a characteristic amount vector for each of the images using the attributes and the image characteristic; a determining unit that determines display positions of thumbnail images of the images such that thumbnail images of same attribute are displayed close to each other and thumbnail images of higher degree of similarity are displayed closer to each other based on the characteristic amount vector generated by the first generating unit; and a second generating unit that generates the thumbnail images and a list of thumbnail images in which the thumbnail images are arranged in the display positions determined by the determining unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of processing an image, comprising:
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classifying including analyzing a plurality of images to be displayed, and classifying the images by attributes; obtaining image characteristic information indicating an image characteristic from each of classified images; first generating including generating a characteristic amount vector for each of the images using the attributes and the image characteristic; determining display positions of thumbnail images of the images such that thumbnail images of same attribute are displayed close to each other and thumbnail images of higher degree of similarity are displayed closer to each other based on the characteristic amount vector generated at the first generating; and second generating including generating the thumbnail images and a list of thumbnail images in which the thumbnail images are arranged in the display positions determined at the determining.
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