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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fumitaka Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Obayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Maya Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method for selecting an image to be output includes evaluating a plurality of first images having a first attribute and a plurality of second images having a second attribute; performing a plurality of selection processes for selecting a plurality of images to be output from among the plurality of first images and the plurality of second images based on evaluation of the plurality of first images and the plurality of second images obtained in the evaluating; and outputting the selected plurality of images. The plurality of selection processes include a selection process for selecting an image to be output from among the plurality of first images by excluding the plurality of second images from selection candidates.