Patent Document ID: 8166034
Application ID: 12411921
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A saving device for image sharing in which images offered by a sharer of the images for image sharing can be saved and accessibly shared among at least one sharee, comprising: image acquiring means configured to acquire the images offered by said sharer; sharee information storing means configured to store sharee information with respect to said at least one sharee; sharing rule storing means configured to store sharing rules which are conditions for determining images to be shared with said at least one sharee, subject assessing means configured to assess whether or not a person subject is included in the images acquired by said image acquiring means; subject identifying means configured to compare an image assessed as including a person subject by the subject assessing means with face images of said at least one sharee included in the sharee information to identify the person subject, and classify the images assessed as including a person subject into groups for each person subject; image associating means configured to extract images corresponding to keywords showing preferred images of said at least one sharee included in the sharee information from among images assessed as not including a person subject by said subject assessing means, and associate the extracted images with the group of said at least one sharee; and shared image determining means configured to determine images to be shared with said at least one sharee from among the images included in the group classified by the subject identifying means and the images associated with the group by said image associating means, based on said sharing rules.