Method for assembling a collection of digital images
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1. A method comprising:
- acquiring images from a plurality of digital image acquisition devices to form a set of images;
storing the set of images in memory of an image selection system;
specifying image selection criteria, each of the selection criteria including a weighting which reflects a relative significance of the selection criterion;
for each of a plurality of images in the set of images, determining an image quality value for the image; and
with software and hardware of the image selection system;
recommending images for a collection of digital images from the set of images including taking into consideration the image quality value for the images and the degree to which the collection satisfies the image selection criteria.
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Abstract
A method for recommending a collection of digital images from a set of images includes specifying at least one image selection criterion. For each of a plurality of images in the set of images, an image quality value for the image is determined. Images are recommended for the collection by taking into consideration the image quality value for the images and the degree to which the collection satisfies the at least one image selection criterion.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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acquiring images from a plurality of digital image acquisition devices to form a set of images; storing the set of images in memory of an image selection system; specifying image selection criteria, each of the selection criteria including a weighting which reflects a relative significance of the selection criterion; for each of a plurality of images in the set of images, determining an image quality value for the image; and with software and hardware of the image selection system; recommending images for a collection of digital images from the set of images including taking into consideration the image quality value for the images and the degree to which the collection satisfies the image selection criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19)
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16. A method comprising:
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acquiring images from a plurality of digital image acquisition devices to form a set of images; storing the set of images in memory of an image selection system; specifying image selection criteria, each of the selection criteria including a weighting which reflects a relative significance of the selection criterion; for each of a plurality of images in the set of images, determining an image quality value for the image; and with software and hardware of the image selection system; recommending images for a collection of digital images from the set of images including taking into consideration the image quality value for the images and the degree to which the collection satisfies the image selection criteria, the recommending of the images for the collection including; a) while the collection has fewer than a desired number of images in the collection, for each image p from the set, computing a score (p) which corresponds to the change in the expected reward for the collection E[reward|C], if image p were to be included with the collection, where; where π
q is a probability weighting which reflects a significance of one of the selection criteria expressed by a query q of a set of queries Q, andWqp, represents a measured image quality of image p that satisfies the query if the image satisfies the query q, otherwise, if the image does not satisfy query q then Wqp=0, C is the collection; and b) selecting an image for the collection from a set of remaining unselected images and which has the highest score (p).
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17. An article of manufacture comprising a storage medium which stores software for performing a method which includes:
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providing for specifying image selection criteria; for each of a plurality of images in a set of images, determining an image quality value for the image; and recommending images for a collection of digital images from the set of images including taking into consideration the image quality value for the images and the degree to which the collection as a whole satisfies the image selection criteria. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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20. A system for recommending a collection of digital images from a set of images comprising:
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a component for evaluating images in the set of images and assigning an image quality value to each of the evaluated images; a memory which stores image selection criteria selected from; a) a desired number or range of photographs in the collection; b) a minimum image quality threshold for images in the collection; c) a diversity selection criterion which specifies that the collection should attempt to capture at least one of a maximum number of different people and a maximum number of different locations; d) a feature selection criterion, which specifies that the collection should attempt to capture at least one of the group consisting of selected people and selected locations; e) a device or user selection criterion, which specifies that the collection should attempt to include a roughly equal number of images from each contributing device or device user; and a module for recommending images for the collection, taking into consideration the image quality value for the images and the degree to which the collection satisfies selected ones of the image selection criteria, the module including software and hardware for selection of the images. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for automatically recommending a collection of digital images from a set of images comprising:
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an acquisition processor for acquiring images from a plurality of digital devices; a software component for identifying images in the set of images which are responsive to at least one of a plurality of queries and assigning a label to an image corresponding to which of the queries it is responsive to; a software component for automatically evaluating images in the set of images for image quality; a module including software for recommending images for the collection based on an image quality value for each image which takes into account an image'"'"'s label and its evaluated image quality; and hardware for running the software.
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25. A method comprising:
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specifying image selection criteria, each of the selection criteria including a weighting which reflects a relative significance of the selection criterion; for each of a plurality of images in the set of images, determining an image quality value for the image; and with software and hardware of an image selection system, recommending images for a collection of digital images from the set of images including taking into consideration the image quality value for the images and the degree to which the collection satisfies the image selection criteria, the recommending of the images for the collection including; a) white the collection has fewer than a desired number of images in the collection, for each image p remaining in the set of images which has not yet been added to the collection, computing a score (p) which corresponds to the change in an expected reward based on satisfying of the image selection criteria, assuming image p were to be included with the collection; b) selecting an image for the collection from a set of remaining unselected images and which has the highest computed score (p); and repeating a) and b) until the collection has the desired number of images.
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