Multi-subject imaging device and imaging method

摘要

It is an object of the present invention to provide an imaging device and terminal device that recommend a preferred image to a user. A terminal device having a photography function captures a plurality of images, identifies a plurality of subjects in each of the captured images, acquires a photographic degree of suitability for each of the identified subjects, calculates an evaluation value for each captured image based on the number of subjects in the captured image having a photographic degree of suitability of at least a predetermined threshold, and displays the captured images, displaying one of the captured images so as to be distinguishable from other captured images based on the evaluation value.

主权项

1. An imaging device comprising:
a photography unit configured to capture a plurality of images; an acquisition unit configured to, for each of the plurality of images,
identify a plurality of faces in the image, andcalculate a degree-of-smile value for each of the identified plurality of faces; an evaluation unit configured to, for each of the plurality of images, calculate an evaluation value for the image based on a ratio of a number of the identified plurality of faces in the image having a degree-of-smile value of at least a predetermined threshold to a total number of the identified plurality of faces in the image; a recommendation unit configured to select a recommended image from the plurality of images by,
when exactly one of the plurality of images has an evaluation value of at least a reference threshold, select the one image as the recommended image, and,when two or more of the plurality of images each have an evaluation value of at least the reference threshold, select one of the two or more images, for which the identified plurality of faces have a highest total degree-of-smile value, as the recommended image; and a display unit configured to
simultaneously display the plurality of images, anddisplay an object linked only to the recommended image such that the recommended image is distinguishable from the others of the plurality of images.