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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2004
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Torigoe, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Mizoguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Iguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Torigoe, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Mizoguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Iguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image extracting method that can efficiently extract a predetermined number of images from a large amount of image data and improve user operability. Evaluations for a plurality of images are input. A predetermined number of images are extracted from the plurality of images based on the input evaluations. In a preferred form, the evaluations are sequentially input for respective ones of the plurality of images, preferably, in chronological order.