Electronic album display system, an image grouping apparatus, an electronic album display method, an image grouping method, and a machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program
First Claim
1. An electronic album display system for displaying a plurality of images included in an electronic album comprising:
- an image storing unit in which the plurality of images are stored;
a person recognizing unit for automatically identifying, by face recognition, a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images, each of the persons corresponding to a person identification number, the result of the person recognition comprising image identification numbers that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of person identification numbers;
an image grouping unit for classifying all of the plurality of images into a plurality of different groups based on the result of the person recognition, the images that belong to the same group including persons that correspond to the same combination of the person identification numbers, the result of the image grouping comprising group identification numbers, each of which corresponding to each of the combinations of the person identification numbers;
a representative image selecting unit for selecting a representative image from the images that correspond to the same group identification number; and
an image display unit for displaying each of the selected representative images consecutively.
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Abstract
It is an object to improve convenience of browse and search of a plurality of images. an electronic album display system for displaying a plurality of images included in an electronic album is provided, wherein the system includes: an image storing unit in which the plurality of images are stored; a person recognizing unit for recognizing a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images; an image grouping unit for classifying the plurality of images into a plurality of groups by the kind of a combination of persons included in an image on the basis of the recognition result by the person recognizing unit; a representative image selecting unit for selecting a representative image from each of the plurality of groups; and an image display unit for displaying each of the selected representative images consecutively.
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12 Claims
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1. An electronic album display system for displaying a plurality of images included in an electronic album comprising:
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an image storing unit in which the plurality of images are stored; a person recognizing unit for automatically identifying, by face recognition, a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images, each of the persons corresponding to a person identification number, the result of the person recognition comprising image identification numbers that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of person identification numbers; an image grouping unit for classifying all of the plurality of images into a plurality of different groups based on the result of the person recognition, the images that belong to the same group including persons that correspond to the same combination of the person identification numbers, the result of the image grouping comprising group identification numbers, each of which corresponding to each of the combinations of the person identification numbers; a representative image selecting unit for selecting a representative image from the images that correspond to the same group identification number; and an image display unit for displaying each of the selected representative images consecutively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image grouping apparatus for classifying a plurality of images comprising:
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an image storing unit in which the plurality of images are stored; a person recognizing unit for automatically identifying, by face recognition, a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images, each of the persons corresponding to a person identification number, the result of the person recognition comprising image identification numbers that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of persons identification numbers; and an image grouping unit for classifying all of the plurality of images into a plurality of different groups based on the result of the person recognition, the images that belong to the same group including persons that correspond to the same combination of the person identification numbers, the result of the image grouping comprising group identification numbers, each of which corresponding to each of the combinations of the person identification numbers.
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9. An electronic album display method for displaying a plurality of images included in an electronic album comprising:
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a person recognizing step of automatically identifying, by face recognition, a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images, each of the persons corresponding to a person identification number, the result of the person recognition comprising image identification numbers that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of person identification numbers; an image grouping step of classifying all of the plurality of images into a plurality of different groups based on the result of the person recognition, the images that belong to the same group including persons that correspond to the same combination of the person identification numbers, the result of the image grouping comprising group identification numbers, each of which corresponding to each of the combination of the person identification numbers; a representative image selecting step of selecting a representative image from the images including the same group identification number; and an image display step of displaying each of the selected representative images consecutively.
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10. A computer readable medium storing thereon a computer program for making a computer display a plurality of images included in an electronic album, wherein the computer comprises:
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an image storing unit in which the plurality of images are stored; a person recognizing unit for automatically identifying, by face recognition, a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images, each of the persons corresponding to a person identification number, the result of the person recognition comprising image identification numbers that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of person identification numbers; an image grouping unit for classifying all of the plurality of images into a plurality of different groups based on the result of the person recognition, the images that belong to the same group including persons that correspond to the same combination of the person identification numbers, the result of the image grouping comprising group identification numbers, each of which corresponding to each of the combinations of the person identification numbers; a representative image selecting unit for selecting a representative image from the images that correspond to the same group identification number; and an image display unit for displaying each of the selected representative images consecutively.
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11. An image grouping method for grouping a plurality of images comprising:
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a person recognizing step of automatically identifying, by face recognition, a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images, each of the persons corresponding to a person identification number, the result of the person recognition comprising image identification numbers that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of person identification numbers; and an image grouping step of classifying all of the plurality of images into a plurality of different groups based on the result of the person recognition, the images that belong to the same group including persons that correspond to the same combination of the person identification numbers, the result of the image grouping comprising group identification numbers, each of which corresponding to each of the combinations of the person identification numbers.
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12. A computer readable medium storing thereon a computer program for making a computer classifies a plurality of images, wherein the computer comprises:
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an image storing unit in which the plurality of images are stored; a person recognizing unit for automatically identifying, by face recognition, a plurality of persons included in each of the plurality of images, each of the persons corresponding to a person identification number, the result of the person recognition comprising image identification numbers that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of person identification numbers; and an image grouping unit for classifying all of the plurality of images into a plurality of different groups based on the result of the person recognition, the images that belong to the same group including persons that correspond to the same combination of the person identification numbers, the result of the image grouping comprising group identification numbers, each of which corresponding to each of the combinations of the person identification numbers.
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