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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image evaluation device pertaining to the present invention aims to realize evaluations matching the needs of each individual user, with respect to images shared on a network. The image evaluation device includes: image feature extraction unit extracting image features from a plurality of images; evaluation information acquisition unit acquiring evaluation information, the evaluation information containing results of evaluations of the images performed by users including a subject user; generation unit generating relational information based on the image features and the evaluation information, the relational information showing relationship between the images, the users, and image feature groups into which the image features are classified; and image social importance calculation unit calculating an image social importance degree of each image based on the relational information generated by the generation unit, each image social importance degree showing a degree of importance to the subject user of the corresponding image.