The multiple categories which are obtained the category criticality configuration device and manner, by the image

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to recognize a category into which an important image has been classified without imposing a burden on the user in classifying a plurality of images into a plurality of categories.;SOLUTION: A degree of category importance calculating unit 30 statistically calculates the degree of importance of each category for each of a plurality of categories obtained by classifying a plurality of images, based on at least one feature quantity among the number of images taking account of similar images included in each category; a total imaging time of each category; a similar image existence rate in each category; a portrait image existence rate in each category; and an averaged number of faces of images included in each category.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT