SAVING DEVICE FOR IMAGE SHARING, IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SHARING METHOD
First Claim
1. A saving device for image sharing in which images offered by a sharer of the images for image sharing can be saved and accessibly shared among at least one sharee, comprising:
- image acquiring means configured to acquire the images offered by said sharer;
sharee information storing means configured to store sharee information with respect to with respect to said at least one sharee;
subject assessing means configured to assess whether or not a person subject is included in the images acquired by said image acquiring means;
image associating means configured to associate images assessed as not including a person subject by said subject assessing means, with images assessed as including a person subject, based on said sharee information; and
shared image determining means configured to determine images to be shared with said at least one sharee from among the images associated by said image associating means and the images assessed as including a person subject by said subject assessing means, based on said sharee information.
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Abstract
The saving device for image sharing includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the images offered by a sharer of the images, a sharee information storing unit configured to store sharee information with respect to at least one sharee, a subject assessing unit configured to assess whether or not a person subject is included in the acquired images, an image associating unit configured to associate the images assessed as not including a person subject with the images assessed as including a person subject, based on the sharee information, and a shared image determining unit configured to determine the images to be shared with the sharee or sharees from among the associated images and the images assessed as including a person subject, based on the sharee information. The image sharing system and an image sharing method use such a device.
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22 Claims
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1. A saving device for image sharing in which images offered by a sharer of the images for image sharing can be saved and accessibly shared among at least one sharee, comprising:
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image acquiring means configured to acquire the images offered by said sharer; sharee information storing means configured to store sharee information with respect to with respect to said at least one sharee; subject assessing means configured to assess whether or not a person subject is included in the images acquired by said image acquiring means; image associating means configured to associate images assessed as not including a person subject by said subject assessing means, with images assessed as including a person subject, based on said sharee information; and shared image determining means configured to determine images to be shared with said at least one sharee from among the images associated by said image associating means and the images assessed as including a person subject by said subject assessing means, based on said sharee information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)
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16. A saving device for image sharing in which images offered by a sharer of the images for image sharing can be saved and accessibly shared among at least one sharee, comprising:
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image sharing means configured to share the images offered by said sharer among said at least one sharee as images to be shared; shared image information collecting means configured to collect information on said images to be shared; sharee information collecting means configured to collect information on said at least one sharee; sharing information extracting means configured to extract, from the information on said images to be shared that is collected by said shared image information collecting means and the information on said at least one sharee that is collected by said sharee information collecting means, information concerning said images to be shared in which said at least one sharee has interest as sharing information specific to said at least one sharee; and sharing information notifying means configured to notify said at least one sharee of said sharing information extracted by said sharing information extracting means.
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19. An image sharing method in which images offered by a sharer of said images for image sharing can be saved and accessibly shared among at least one sharee in a saving device for image sharing, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring said images offered by said sharer; assessing whether or not the acquired images include a person subject; associating images assessed as not including a person subject with images assessed as including a person subject based on sharee information with respect to said at least one sharee that has been stored in advance; and determining images to be shared with said at least one sharee from said associated images based on said sharee information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. An image sharing method in which images offered by a sharer of said images for image sharing can be saved and accessibly shared among at least one sharee, comprising the steps of:
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sharing the images offered by said sharer among said at least one sharee as images to be shared; collecting information on said images to be shared; collecting information on said at least one sharee; extracting, from the collected information on said images to be shared and the collected information on said at least one sharee, information concerning said images to be shared in which said at least one sharee has interest as sharing information specific to said at least one sharee; and notifying said at least one sharee of said sharing information as extracted.
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Specification