Patent ID: 8199213
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06K,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of a series of images captured in a time-sequential manner, a desirability score that indicates desirability of the image; and a selection unit configured to select a plurality of images in which the desirability scores are respectively local maximum values in the time-sequence, from the series of images wherein when the selection unit selects a new image of which the desirability score is the local maximum value, the selection unit compares the desirability scores of the new image and a previously selected image if a time interval between the new image and the previously selected image in the time-sequence is equal to or less than a predetermined time threshold value, and the selection unit prohibits selection of the new image, if the desirability score of the new image is not higher than that of the previously selected image.