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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Araki Matsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Katsutoshi Nagato, Tachikawa, JP;
Araki Matsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Katsutoshi Nagato, Tachikawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Automatic sorting reflecting a user's intention is performed without prompting the user to perform a complicated sorting criterion setting operation. Images are sorted into groups in accordance with user's sorting operations. For each group, statistics of feature values of the sorted images are calculated. On the basis of the result of statistics, a feature value satisfying a predetermined criterion is determined as an automatic sorting criterion. The determined automatic sorting criterion is displayed. Thereafter, a plurality of contents are automatically sorted into the respective groups on the basis of the automatic sorting criterion.