Patent ID: 11875565
Assignee: KODAK ALARIS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of determining image importance comprising:
analyzing, via a processor of an electronic device, a plurality of digital images stored on a computer memory;
identifying, via the processor, a plurality of similar images from the plurality of digital images
receiving, via the processor, user-designated ratings for each of the plurality of similar images;
determining, via the processor, a qualitative image quality value for each of the plurality of similar images;
determining, via the processor, an aesthetic image quality value for each of the plurality of similar images;
evaluating, via the processor, a utilization pattern for each of the plurality of similar images;
determining, via the processor, one or more important images from the plurality of similar images from a weighted combination of the user-designated ratings, the qualitative image quality values, the aesthetic image quality values, and the utilization patterns of the plurality of similar images; and
storing the one or more important images or identification information of the one or more important images along with information about a relative importance of the one or more important images in a metadata of the one or more important images or as an object in a database.