REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE EXTRACTION METHOD, REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE EXTRACTION PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically extract a representative image according to the preference of a user from an image sequence. SOLUTION: A plurality of face parameters calculated for a face in an image is stored in a user profile DB 103 in association with an evaluation score of the user for the face parameter. When a representative image is selected, the user profile DB 103 is referred to, based on a face parameter calculated from a face in each of input images, to calculate an evaluation value (calculation score) as the representative image of the input images, and an image with a high score is selected as the representative image. An evaluation score of the user for the selected representative image is input, and a new profile is calculated so that the calculated score is approximated to this evaluation score to update the user profile DB 103. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT