摘要 |
PURPOSE: An image selection device and a method for selecting an image are provided to select one of images by detecting the blink degree of eyes. CONSTITUTION: An image selection device including: a reception unit that receives a plurality of captured images obtained by rapid shooting one or more people as subjects; a face detection unit(6) that detects human faces included in the captured images received by the reception unit; an eye detection unit(7) that detects eyes in the human faces detected by the face detection unit; a blink detection unit(9) that detects blink degrees of each of the eyes detected by the eye detection unit; an estimation unit that estimates statuses of the human faces based on the blink degrees detected by the blink detection unit; and a selecting unit that selects at least one of the captured images to be recorded on a recording medium from among the captured images received by the reception unit, based on the statuses of the human faces estimated by the estimation unit.
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