Apparatus and method for image evaluation and program thereof
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsShunichiro Nonaka, Yuko Matsui
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Abstract
An image evaluation apparatus includes a printing status judgment unit for judging a printing status of a target image assigned with an evaluation value and an evaluation value changing unit for appropriately changing the evaluation value based on information representing the printing status. An image evaluation method and a program for causing a computer to execute the image evaluation method are also provided. Therefore, the evaluation value can be assigned to the image, reflecting an intention and preference of a user at the time of selection of an image for printing.
Claims8
An image evaluation apparatus, comprising:
- printing status judgment means for judging a printing status of a processing target image assigned with an evaluation value;
- and
- evaluation value changing means for decreasing the evaluation value based on information representing the printing status,
- wherein the information representing the printing status includes information on whether the target image is currently selected for printing and the evaluation value changing means decreases the evaluation value in a case where the target image is currently selected for printing, said evaluation value comprising a value indicating a degree of importance of the target image, and
- wherein, in said image evaluation apparatus, plural images are classified into plural categories and the evaluation value is calculated based on a number of images in a category of said categories, a number of said categories related to the category, and a number of levels below the category.
An image evaluation method, comprising:
- judging a printing status of a processing target image assigned with an evaluation value;
- and
- decreasing the evaluation value based on information representing the printing status,
- wherein the information representing the printing status includes information on whether the target image is currently selected for printing and the evaluation value decreasing decreases the evaluation value in a case where the target image is currently selected for printing, said evaluation value comprising a value indicating a degree of importance of the target image, and
- wherein plural images are classified into plural categories, the evaluation value being calculated based on a number of images in a category of said categories a number of said categories related to the category, and a number of levels below the category.
A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program for causing a computer to execute an image evaluation method, comprising:
- judging a printing status of a processing target image assigned with an evaluation value;
- and
- decreasing the evaluation value based on information representing the printing status,
- wherein the information representing the printing status includes information on whether the target image is currently selected for printing and the evaluation value decreasing decreases the evaluation value in a case where the target image is currently selected for printing, said evaluation value being a value indicating an important degree of an image, and
- wherein plural images are classified into plural categories, the evaluation value being calculated based on a number of images in a category of said categories, a number of said categories related to the category, and a number of levels below the category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.