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Automatic selection of digital images with an apparatus

  • US 9,268,792 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2011
  • Issued: 02/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image-capturing apparatus comprising:

  • an image-capturing unit configured to capture digital images;

    an image-storage unit configured to store captured digital images;

    an image-selection unit configured to select a subset of digital images of a set of stored images, wherein the selected subset of digital images includes a group of digital images that are selected in accordance with a binary selection filter and subsequently ranked according to a weighted selection criteria, the binary selection filter to select a pre-subset of digital images to be operated on by the weighted selection criteria to determine the selected subset of digital images;

    an image-presentation unit configured to present the selected subset of digital images to a user of the image-capturing apparatus; and

    a user-interaction unit configured to attain feedback from the user regarding user-acceptability of the selected subset of digital images presented to the user via the image-presentation unit, the attained feedback being a user initiated removal of a digital image from the selected subset of digital images; and

    wherein the image-selection unit is further configured to perform, in response to attained user-feedback indicating a lack of user-acceptability of the selected subset of digital images, a reweighted selection of at least one updated subset of digital images of the set, the reweighted selection including using at least one or more update of the weighted selection criteria, the at least one or more update of the weighted selection criteria having at least one updated weight value compared to at least one weight value associated with the weighted selection criteria, the at least one update weight value established based on the user initiated removal of a digital image from the selected subset of digital images.

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