Image processing apparatus, imaging device, image processing method, and program
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a depth-of-relationship value calculation unit that regards a person, who appears in any of a plurality of contents, as a specific person, and calculates a depth-of-relationship value, which indicates the degree of depth of the relationship between the specific person and a second person, on the basis of an appearance frequency of the second person or a third person other than the second person in contents in which the specific person appears, and the appearance frequencies of the second person and the third person in contents in which the specific person does not appear; and
a priority determination unit that determines a priority, which is assigned to the second person relating to the specific person among the persons appearing in the plurality of contents, on the basis of the calculated depth-of-relationship value.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a depth-of-relationship value calculation unit that regards a person, who appears in any of a plurality of contents, as a specific person, and calculates a depth-of-relationship value, which indicates the degree of depth of the relationship between the specific person and a second person, on the basis of an appearance frequency of the second person or a third person other than the second person in contents in which the specific person appears, and the appearance frequencies of the second person and the third person in contents in which the specific person does not appear; and a priority determination unit that determines a priority, which is assigned to the second person relating to the specific person among the persons appearing in the plurality of contents, on the basis of the calculated depth-of-relationship value.
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12 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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a depth-of-relationship value calculation unit that regards a person, who appears in any of a plurality of contents, as a specific person, and calculates a depth-of-relationship value, which indicates the degree of depth of the relationship between the specific person and a second person, on the basis of an appearance frequency of the second person or a third person other than the second person in contents in which the specific person appears, and the appearance frequencies of the second person and the third person in contents in which the specific person does not appear; and a priority determination unit that determines a priority, which is assigned to the second person relating to the specific person among the persons appearing in the plurality of contents, on the basis of the calculated depth-of-relationship value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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a discrimination information memory unit in which pieces of discrimination information for use in discriminating faces of persons from one another are stored; a manipulation recognition unit that recognizes a designating manipulation performed to designate one of the persons, who have the pieces of discrimination information thereon stored, as a specific person; a contents input unit that inputs a plurality of contents; a face detection unit that detects faces appearing in the inputted contents; a face discrimination unit that discriminates the detected faces from one another on the basis of the pieces of discrimination information; a depth-of-relationship value calculation unit that specifies persons, who appear in the plurality of contents, on the basis of the results of discrimination, and calculates a depth-of-relationship value, which indicate the degree of depth of the relationship between the specific person and a second person, on the basis of an appearance frequency of the second person or a third person other than the second person in contents in which the specific person appears, and the appearance frequencies of the second person and the third person in contents in which the specific person does not appear; a priority determination unit that determines a priority, which is assigned to the second person relating to the specific person among the persons appearing in the plurality of contents, on the basis of the calculated depth-of-relationship value; and an output control unit that controls output of the inputted contents according to the determined priority.
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10. An imaging device comprising:
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an imaging unit that images subjects and produces images; a depth-of-relationship value calculation unit that regards a person, who appears in any of the produced images, as a specific person, and calculates a depth-of-relationship value, which indicates the degree of depth of the relationship between the specific person and a second person, on the basis of an appearance frequency of the second person or a third person other than the second person in images in which the specific person appears, and the appearance frequencies of the second person and the third person in images in which the specific person does not appear; a priority determination unit that determines priority, which is assigned to the second person relating to the specific person among the persons appearing in the produced images, on the basis of the calculated depth-of-relationship value; and an imaging control unit that designates an imaging parameter, which is employed in production of the images by the imaging unit, according to the determined priority.
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11. An image processing method comprising the steps of:
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regarding a person, who appears in any of a plurality of contents, as a specific person, and calculating a depth-of-relationship value, which indicate the degree of depth of the relationship between the specific person and a second person, on the basis of an appearance frequency of the second person or a third person other than the second person in contents in which the specific person appears, and the appearance frequencies of the second person and the third person in contents in which the specific person does not appear; and determining a priority, which is assigned to the second person relating to the specific person among the persons appearing in the plurality of contents, on the basis of the calculated depth-of-relationship value.
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12. A program causing a computer to execute the steps of:
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regarding a person, who appears in any of a plurality of contents, as a specific person, and calculating a depth-of-relationship value, which indicates the degree of depth of the relationship between the specific person and a second person, on the basis of an appearance frequency of the second person or a third person other than the second person in contents in which the specific person appears, and the appearance frequencies of the second person and the third person in contents in which the specific person does not appear; and determining a priority, which is assigned to the second person relating to the specific person among the persons appearing in the plurality of contents, on the basis of the calculated depth-of-relationship value.
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