Image transmitting system, an image transmitting method, and a machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for transmitting images
First Claim
1. An electronic image album creating system for editing a second electronic image album with reference to a first electronic image album comprising:
- a first image storing module storing a plurality of images in the first electronic image album;
a second image storing module storing a plurality of images in the second electronic image album;
a feature extracting module for extracting a feature amount of an object included in each of the plurality of images stored in said second image storing module;
an image selecting module for selecting an image out of the plurality of images stored in said first image storing module on the basis of the feature amount extracted by said feature extracting module, the selected image including an object having a feature amount the similarity of which to that of the object included in the image stored in said second image storing module is higher than a predetermined reference value; and
an image transmitting module for retrieving the image selected by said image selecting module from said first image storing module and storing the image in said second image storing module as a result of the transmission of the image retrieved from said first image storing module to said second image storing module.
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Abstract
An image transmitting system is provided, wherein the system includes: a first image storing module storing a plurality of images included in a first electronic album; a second image storing module storing a plurality of images included in a second electronic album; a feature extracting module for extracting a feature amount of an object included in each of the plurality of images stored in the second image storing module; an image selecting module for selecting an image including an object showing correspondence with the object included in the image stored in the second image storing module, which is higher than a predetermined reference value, out of the plurality of images stored in the first image storing module on the basis of the extracted feature amount; and an image transmitting module for retrieving the selected image from the first image storing module and storing the image in the second image storing module to transmit the image from the first image storing module to the image storing module.
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11 Claims
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1. An electronic image album creating system for editing a second electronic image album with reference to a first electronic image album comprising:
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a first image storing module storing a plurality of images in the first electronic image album; a second image storing module storing a plurality of images in the second electronic image album; a feature extracting module for extracting a feature amount of an object included in each of the plurality of images stored in said second image storing module; an image selecting module for selecting an image out of the plurality of images stored in said first image storing module on the basis of the feature amount extracted by said feature extracting module, the selected image including an object having a feature amount the similarity of which to that of the object included in the image stored in said second image storing module is higher than a predetermined reference value; and an image transmitting module for retrieving the image selected by said image selecting module from said first image storing module and storing the image in said second image storing module as a result of the transmission of the image retrieved from said first image storing module to said second image storing module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
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7. A method for creating an electronic image album by editing a second electronic image album with reference to a first electronic image album, wherein a first image storing module stores a plurality of images in the first electronic image album, a second image storing module stores a plurality of images in the second electronic image album, and the method comprises:
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a feature extracting step of extracting a feature amount of an object included in each of the plurality of images stored in said second image storing module; an image selecting step of selecting an image out of the plurality of images stored in said first image storing module on the basis of the feature amount extracted in said feature extracting step, the selected image including an object having a feature amount the similarity of which to that of the object included in the image stored in said second image storing module is higher than a predetermined reference value; and an image transmitting step of retrieving the image selected in said image selecting step from said first image storing module and storing the image in said second image storing module as a result of the transmission of the image retrieved from said first image storing module to said second image storing module.
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8. A machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for making a computer function as an electronic image album creating system for editing a second electronic image album with reference to a first electronic image album, the computer comprising:
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a first image storing module storing a plurality of images in a first electronic image album; a second image storing module storing a plurality of images in a second electronic image album; a feature extracting module for extracting a feature amount of an object included in each of the plurality of images stored in said second image storing module; an image selecting module for selecting an image out of the plurality of images stored in said first image storing module on the basis of the feature amount extracted by said feature extracting module, the selected image including an object having a feature amount the similarity of which to that of the object included in the image stored in said second image storing module is higher than a predetermined reference value; and an image transmitting module for retrieving the image selected by said image selecting module from said first image storing module and storing the image in said second image storing module as a result of the transmission of the image retrieved from said first image storing module to said second image storing module.
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Specification