IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract only a predetermined number of emotional key frames from an image and to effectively display them. SOLUTION: In an image processing method, an input image input from an image inputting means is analyzed for each of frames to determine presence of a face image, frames including the face image are stored in a face image storage means, emotional expression scores of the frames including the face image are calculated to be stored in a score storage means, the emotional expression scores are obtained from the score storage means, higher-order frames are obtained from the face image storage means based on the emotional expression scores, and the obtained higher-order frames are compressed to the predetermined number of frames to be output as key frames. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT