Image processing device, image processing method, program, and recording medium

An image processing device that creates a photo album including one or more individual pages which correspond to a specific individual and one or more common pages which correspond to a plurality of persons including the specific individual, the device comprising a processor configured to:

• obtain a command input from a user;
• obtain a plurality of images in which the plurality of persons appears;
• analyze the plurality of images and detect a person appearing in each of the plurality of images;
• designate the specific individual among the plurality of persons according to a command of the user;
• select individual images used on the individual page and common images used on the common page from the plurality of images based on the analysis result of the plurality of images and the specific individual;
• count the number of appearances of each of the plurality of persons on the common images based on the analysis result of the plurality of images;
• and
• display, as a display individual page, the individual page in which the individual images are laid out on an image display and edit a layout of the display individual page according to a command of the user, and display, as a display common page, the common page in which the common images are laid out on the image display and edit a layout of the display common page according to a command of the user,
• wherein the processor is configured to preferentially select, as the individual images, images in which two or less persons including the person corresponding to the specific individual appear, and select, as the common images, images which are other than the individual images and in which three or more persons appear such that the number of appearances of each person substantially becomes the average number of appearances of the plurality of persons, and
• in a case where the number of common images within the display common page is fixed and one image which is other than the individual images and the common images and is selected according to a command of the user from the plurality of images is added as an addition common image to the display common page, the processor is configured to select, as replacement candidate images, common images in which the same person as one or more persons of all persons appearing in the addition common image appears from the display common page, delete one replacement candidate image of the replacement candidate images from the display common page, and add the addition common image to the display common page.

An image processing method of creating a photo album including one or more individual pages which correspond to a specific individual and one or more common pages which correspond to a plurality of persons including the specific individual, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a command obtaining unit, a command input from a user;
• obtaining, by an image obtaining unit, a plurality of images in which the plurality of persons appears;
• analyzing, by an image analysis unit, the plurality of images and detecting a person appearing in each of the plurality of images;
• designating, by an individual designation unit, the specific individual among the plurality of persons according to a command of the user;
• selecting, by an image selection unit, individual images used on the individual page and common images used on the common page from the plurality of images based on the analysis result of the plurality of images and the specific individual;
• counting, by an appearance number count unit, the number of appearances of each of the plurality of persons on the common images based on the analysis result of the plurality of images;
• and
• displaying, by a page editing unit, as a display individual page, the individual page in which the individual images are laid out on an image display and editing a layout of the display individual page according to a command of the user, and displaying, as a display common page, the common page in which the common images are laid out on the image display and editing a layout of the display common page according to a command of the user,
• wherein, in the selecting of the individual images and the common images, images in which two or less persons including the person corresponding to the specific individual appear are preferentially selected as the individual images, and images which are other than the individual images and in which three or more persons appear such that the number of appearances of each person substantially becomes the average number of appearances of the plurality of persons are selected as the common images, and
• in the editing of the layout of the display common page, in a case where the number of common images within the display common page is fixed and one common image selected according to a command of the user is deleted as a deletion common image from the display common page, the deletion common image is deleted from the display common page, images which are other than the individual images and the common images and in which the same person as one or more persons of three or more persons appearing in the deletion common image appears are selected as addition candidate images from the plurality of images, and one addition candidate image of the addition candidate images is added to the display common page.

An image processing method of creating a photo album including one or more individual pages which correspond to a specific individual and one or more common pages which correspond to a plurality of persons including the specific individual, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a command obtaining unit, a command input from a user;
• obtaining, by an image obtaining unit, a plurality of images in which the plurality of persons appears;
• analyzing, by an image analysis unit, the plurality of images and detecting a person appearing in each of the plurality of images;
• designating, by an individual designation unit, the specific individual among the plurality of persons according to a command of the user;
• selecting, by an image selection unit, individual images used on the individual page and common images used on the common page from the plurality of images based on the analysis result of the plurality of images and the specific individual;
• counting, by an appearance number count unit, the number of appearances of each of the plurality of persons on the common images based on the analysis result of the plurality of images;
• and
• displaying, by a page editing unit, as a display individual page, the individual page in which the individual images are laid out on an image display and editing a layout of the display individual page according to a command of the user, and displaying, as a display common page, the common page in which the common images are laid out on the image display and editing a layout of the display common page according to a command of the user,
• wherein, in the selecting of the individual images and the common images, images in which two or less persons including the person corresponding to the specific individual appear are preferentially selected as the individual images, and images which are other than the individual images and in which three or more persons appear such that the number of appearances of each person substantially becomes the average number of appearances of the plurality of persons are selected as the common images, and
• in the editing of the layout of the display common page, in a case where the number of common images within the display common page is fixed and one image which is other than the individual images and the common images and is selected according to a command of the user from the plurality of images is added as an addition common image to the display common page, common images in which the same person as one or more persons of all persons appearing in the addition common image appears are selected as replacement candidate images from the display common page, one replacement candidate image of the replacement candidate images is deleted from the display common page, and the addition common image is added to the display common page.