Patent Document ID: 8773548
Application ID: 13493152
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image selection device comprising: an image acquirement unit which acquires a plurality of shot images acquired by continuously shooting a subject; an area segmentation unit which segments a specified partial area constituted of a plurality of small areas, which are not adjacent to one another, in each of shot images into a motion area indicating different positions by a specified amount or more between two shot images and a non-motion area other than the motion area based on the two shot images consecutive in time series in the plurality of shot images; and a selection unit which selects at least one shot image from the plurality of shot images based on an amount of blur of an image in the non-motion area, wherein when a plurality of the shot images are selected based on a amount of blur of an image in the non-motion area, the selection unit further selects a shot image from the selected shot images based on the amount of blur in the motion area.