Image extracting apparatus, image extracting method, and image extracting program
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1. An image extracting apparatus for extracting a candidate image to be outputted as a representative image from a plurality of candidate images, comprising:
- a candidate image extracting section for extracting at least one of candidate images including a predetermined facial image from the plurality of candidate images;
a first representative image extracting section for extracting the candidate image including the facial image of a predetermined person having a substantially different facial expression than a prepared facial image which includes a usual facial expression of the predetermined person among at least one of candidate images extracted by the candidate image extracting section;
an average facial information storage section for storing average facial information indicative of the facial image of the predetermined person in association with the predetermined person; and
a facial image comparison section for comparing the facial image included in the candidate image extracted by the candidate image extracting section, whereinthe first representative image extracting section extracts the candidate image including the facial image having a substantially different facial expression than the facial image indicated by the average facial information stored in the average facial information storage section among the candidate images extracted by the candidate image extracting section based on the comparison result by the facial image comparison section.
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Abstract
The image extracting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a candidate image extracting section for extracting a moving image component including the facial image of a predetermined person from a moving image; and a representative image extracting section for extracting the moving image component including the facial image of the predetermined person which is more different from the facial image of the predetermined person with the usual facial expression among the plurality of moving image components extracted by the candidate image extracting section.
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1. An image extracting apparatus for extracting a candidate image to be outputted as a representative image from a plurality of candidate images, comprising:
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a candidate image extracting section for extracting at least one of candidate images including a predetermined facial image from the plurality of candidate images; a first representative image extracting section for extracting the candidate image including the facial image of a predetermined person having a substantially different facial expression than a prepared facial image which includes a usual facial expression of the predetermined person among at least one of candidate images extracted by the candidate image extracting section; an average facial information storage section for storing average facial information indicative of the facial image of the predetermined person in association with the predetermined person; and a facial image comparison section for comparing the facial image included in the candidate image extracted by the candidate image extracting section, wherein the first representative image extracting section extracts the candidate image including the facial image having a substantially different facial expression than the facial image indicated by the average facial information stored in the average facial information storage section among the candidate images extracted by the candidate image extracting section based on the comparison result by the facial image comparison section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image extracting method for extracting a candidate image to be outputted as a representative image from a plurality of candidate images, comprising steps performed by an image extracting apparatus including a CPU, said steps including:
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a first extracting step of extracting at least one of candidate images including a predetermined facial image from the plurality of candidate images; a second extracting step of extracting the candidate image including the facial image of the predetermined person having a substantially different facial expression than a prepared facial image which includes a usual facial expression of the predetermined person among at least one of candidate images extracted in the candidate image extracting stem storing average facial information indicative of the facial image of the predetermined person in association with the predetermined person; and a comparing step of comparing the facial image included in the candidate image extracted by the candidate image extracting section, wherein the second extracting step includes extracting the candidate image including the facial image having a substantially different facial expression than the facial image indicated by the average facial information stored in the average facial information storage section among the candidate images extracted in the first extracting step based on the comparison result of the comparing step.
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14. A tangible computer readable recording medium encoded with a computer executable image extracting program for extracting a candidate image to be outputted as a representative image from a plurality of candidate images, the computer executable image extracting program when executed causes an image extracting apparatus to implement:
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a candidate image extracting section for extracting at least one of candidate images including a predetermined facial image from the plurality of candidate images; a first representative image extracting section for extracting the candidate image including the facial image of a predetermined person having a substantially different facial expression than a prepared facial image which includes a usual facial expression of the predetermined person among at least one of candidate images extracted by the candidate image extracting section; an average facial information storage section for storing average facial information indicative of the facial image of the predetermined person in association with the predetermined person; and a facial image comparison section for comparing the facial image included in the candidate image extracted by the candidate image extracting section, wherein the first representative image extracting section extracts the candidate image including the facial image having a substantially different facial expression than the facial image indicated by the average facial information stored in the average facial information storage section among the candidate images extracted by the candidate image extracting section based on the comparison result by the facial image comparison section.
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