Patent ID: 11915480
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
a receiving unit configured to receive registration of a new image group for at least one existing image group; and
a generation unit configured to specify an image having consistency with representative images, which are set for the existing image groups respectively, out of the images included in the new image group, and generate from the specified image a representative image of the new image group,
wherein the specified image is specified so that consistency can be provided in a case where the representative images of existing image groups and the representative image of the new image group are list-displayed,
wherein the generation unit is configured to extract attribute information from the representative images of the existing image groups, and specify an image having consistency with the representative images of the existing image groups, out of the images included in the new image group, based on comparison between the extracted attribute information and attribute information on each image included in the new image group, and
wherein the generation unit is configured to specify an image having consistency with the representative images of the existing image groups, out of the images included in the new image group, based on a score which indicates the consistency calculated from a degree of similarity, for each attribute type, between the attribute information on each image included in the new image group and attribute information extracted from the representative images of the existing image groups.