| US 7,551,791 B2 | ||
| Image evaluation method, image evaluation device, and storage medium having program stored thereon | ||
| Eunice Poon, Ontario (Canada); Megumi Kanda, Tokyo (Japan); and Ian Clarke, Ontario (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 15, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/272,754. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-332340 (JP), filed on Nov. 16, 2004; and application No. 2005-057450 (JP), filed on Mar. 02, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0204120 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—254 [382/255] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An image evaluation method comprising:
(a) a step of acquiring, by a controller, image information to be evaluated;
(b) a step of setting, by the controller, an evaluation area for the acquired image information, the evaluation area being
smaller than an area corresponding to the image information;
(c) a step of obtaining, by the controller, an individual evaluation on the acquired image information, the individual evaluation
being obtained by individually evaluating a predetermined item in the set evaluation area;
(d) a step of obtaining, by the controller, an other individual evaluation on the acquired image information, the other individual
evaluation being obtained by individually evaluating an other predetermined item; and
(e) a step of obtaining, by the controller, a comprehensive evaluation based on the individual evaluation and the other individual
evaluation,
wherein:
the predetermined item is one selected from between an item indicating a degree of defocus and an item indicating a degree
of a motion blur; and
the other predetermined item includes at least one item out of the item indicating the degree of defocus, the item indicating
the degree of a motion blur, and an item indicating a degree of noise occurring at compression time, the at least one item
being an item other than the one selected as the predetermined item.
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