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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Kuniaki Isogai, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Kawamura, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiro Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image analysis apparatus comprising: an identification unit operable to, in each of a plurality of scenes, identify one or more persons who appear in the scene; a scene evaluation value calculation unit operable to calculate a scene evaluation value for, among the plurality of scenes, each scene in which at least one person has been identified, the one person being included as one of persons identified by the identification unit; a scene selection unit operable to select, from among the plurality of scenes, one or more scenes that include the one person; and a person evaluation value calculation unit operable to calculate a person evaluation value for the one person by summating scene evaluation values of the scenes selected by the scene selection unit.