Automatic selection of digital images with an apparatus
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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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Abstract
Described herein are techniques related to automatic selection of a group of one or more digital images from a set of digital images based, at least in part, upon weighted criteria regarding properties (e.g., metadata or content) of the digital images. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
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19 Claims
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1. An image-capturing apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. One or more non-transitory processor-readable storage devices having processor-executable instructions embodied thereon, the processor-executable instructions, when executed by one or more processors, direct the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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obtaining a set of digital images; and selecting at least one subset of digital images of the set based upon a binary selection filter followed by a weighted selection criteria, the binary selection filter to determine a pre-subset of digital images that is operated on by the weighted selection criteria to determine the selected subset of digital images, wherein the selecting includes at least; grouping the set of digital images into an intermediate grouping that includes two or more of the digital images of the set;
ranking the digital images of the intermediate grouping based upon multiple weighted criteria;designating an allotment of ranked digital images of the intermediate grouping as the selected subset of digital images; making the selected subset of digital images accessible by a user; attaining feedback from the user regarding user-acceptability of the selected subset of digital images, the attained feedback a user initiated removal of a digital image from the selected subset of digital images; and in response to attained user-feedback indicating a lack of user-acceptability of the selected subset of digital images, performing 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 multiple weighted criteria, the at least one or more update of the multiple weighted criteria having at least one updated weight value compared to at least one weight value associated with the multiple weighted 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. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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obtaining a set of digital images; selecting at least one subset of digital images from the set of digital images based upon a binary selection filter followed by a weighted selection criteria, the binary selection filter to select a pre-subset of digital images based at least on one or more of technical metadata, descriptive metadata, or administrative metadata of individual digital images in the set of digital images, the pre-subset of digital images to be operated on by the weighted selection criteria to determine the selected subset of digital images; attaining feedback from the user regarding user-acceptability of the selected subset of digital images, the attained feedback being a user initiated removal of a digital image from the selected subset of digital images; and in response to attained user-feedback indicating a lack of user-acceptability of the selected subset of digital images, performing 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 the user initiated removal of a digital image from the selected subset of digital images. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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