Patent ID: 7551791

Claim:
An image evaluation method comprising: (a) a step of acquiring, by a controller, image information to be evaluated; (b) a step of setting, by the controller, an evaluation area for the acquired image information, the evaluation area being smaller than an area corresponding to the image information; (c) a step of obtaining, by the controller, an individual evaluation on the acquired image information, the individual evaluation being obtained by individually evaluating a predetermined item in the set evaluation area; (d) a step of obtaining, by the controller, an other individual evaluation on the acquired image information, the other individual evaluation being obtained by individually evaluating an other predetermined item; and (e) a step of obtaining, by the controller, a comprehensive evaluation based on the individual evaluation and the other individual evaluation, wherein: the predetermined item is one selected from between an item indicating a degree of defocus and an item indicating a degree of a motion blur; and the other predetermined item includes at least one item out of the item indicating the degree of defocus, the item indicating the degree of a motion blur, and an item indicating a degree of noise occurring at compression time, the at least one item being an item other than the one selected as the predetermined item.