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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Akira Sassa, Saitama, JP;
Akira Sassa, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus which selects a predetermined number of images from a plurality of images captured at an event. The apparatus includes: an image analyzing section analyzing and calculating individual evaluation values of the images; on the basis of differences in shooting date and time and distance of adjacent images when the plurality of images are rearranged in order of shooting date and time, a first and a second clustering sections determining a first and a second boundary groups, respectively, including a plurality of boundaries for sorting the plurality of images rearranged in order of shooting date and time into a plurality of sub-events, a sorting section sorting the plurality of the images into the plurality of sub-events in accordance with the determined boundary groups; and an image selecting section determining images to be selected by excluding images having small evaluation values.