Apparatus and program for evaluating images

A program that causes a computer to function as:

• boundary extracting means, for extracting boundaries among a plurality of subjects which are pictured in a digital photographic image;
• image region extracting means, for extracting image regions, which are divided by the extracted boundaries, from the digital photographic image;
• image region position judging means, for dividing the digital photographic image into a plurality of sections, and judging which of the divided sections each of the image regions are included in;
• image region feature judging means, for judging the features of each image region, by analyzing at least one of the color, texture, and shape of the image regions;
• and
• image evaluating means, for evaluating whether the digital photographic image is that which has a sense of spread, that which has a sense of depth, and whether the digital photographic image is a divisible image which can be divided into two or more parts, based on the extracted boundaries, the sections in which the image regions are included, and the features of each image region.

A computer readable medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a computer to function as:

• boundary extracting means, for extracting boundaries among a plurality of subjects which are pictured in a digital photographic image;
• image region extracting means, for extracting image regions, which are divided by the extracted boundaries, from the digital photographic image;
• image region position judging means, for dividing the digital photographic image into a plurality of sections, and judging which of the divided sections each of the image regions are included in;
• image region feature judging means, for judging the features of each image region, by analyzing at least one of the color, texture, and shape of the image regions;
• and
• image evaluating means, for evaluating whether the digital photographic image is that which has a sense of spread, that which has a sense of depth, and whether the digital photographic image is a divisible image which can be divided into two or more parts, based on the extracted boundaries, the sections in which the image regions are included, and the features of each image region.