Patent ID: 8553990

Claim:
An image classifying device comprising: a pathway data input unit configured for inputting a plurality of pathway data, the pathway data including a first person information for identifying a person, pathway information being continuous location information indicating a pathway followed by the first person both when an image is acquired and when an image is not acquired, date information indicating a day on which the location information was acquired, and time information at which the location information was acquired; an image data input unit configured for inputting image data which contains a second person information on a predetermined person and imaging date/time information; a pathway data comparison unit configured for comparing the plurality of pathway data inputted in the pathway data input unit; an event date/time decision unit configured for determining an occurrence of an event and the date/time of the event based on a comparison result given by the pathway data comparison unit and outputting an event occurrence signal which contains pathway data corresponding to the date/time of event and an event date/time information; and an image data classifying unit configured for checking the first person information retrieved from the pathway data contained in the event occurrence signal against the second person information contained in the image data inputted to the image data input unit and classifying image data containing the second person information which agrees with the first person information and the imaging date/time information corresponding to the event date/time information contained in the event occurrence signal as an event image corresponding to the date/time of the event determined by the event date/time decision unit, the pathway information inputted by the pathway data input unit is the continuous location information indicating the pathway followed by the first person including an imaging place where the image data is acquired and other locations, the pathway data comparison unit compares the plurality of continuous location information indicating the pathway followed by the first person including the imaging place where the image data is acquired and other locations, and the event date/time decision unit determines the occurrence of the event and the date/time of the event based on a difference in the location information indicating the pathway followed by the first person, as compared to the pathway followed by the second person, including the imaging place where the image data is acquired and other locations corresponding to a time when the time information of the plurality of pathway data compared by the pathway data comparison unit agree, the event being determined by the pathway of the first person being different from the pathway of the second person during a same period of time.