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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image processing device that includes a facial image extraction portion, a positivity computation portion, and a selected image update portion. The facial image extraction portion specifies a facial region of an imaged subject within at least one sequentially input selection-eligible image and extracts from the selection-eligible image a facial image that corresponds to the facial region. The positivity computation portion computes for the selection-eligible image, using the corresponding facial image, a positivity of the imaged subject toward a person who acquired the selection-eligible image. The selected image update portion compares the selection-eligible image for which the positivity was computed in the positivity computation portion to a selection candidate image that has the greatest positivity among selection-eligible images for the same imaged subject for which the positivities have already been computed, and makes the image with the greater positivity the new selection candidate image.