Image selection device and control method thereof

Abstract

An image is selected from a plurality of non-selected images, an evaluation value is stored for each value of attribute information of a selected image (cluster) which is selected by the selection unit, and when an image is selected by the selection unit, a presentation priority of the non-selected images is determined based on a value of the attribute information of the non-selected images not selected by the selection unit so that the evaluation values are even.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image selection device for selecting an image from a plurality of non-selected images having attribute information, the image selection device comprising:
 a display control unit configured to display a plurality of non-selected images on a display screen according to a predetermined order; and   a selection unit configured to select an image from the plurality of non-selected images displayed on the display screen, according to a user' s input,   wherein when an image is selected by the selection unit, the display control unit sorts the plurality of non-selected images in a order in which an image having attribute information which does not match attribute information of the image selected by the selection unit is prioritized over an image having attribute information which matches the attribute information of the image selected by the selection unit.   
     
     
         2 . The image selection device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the display control unit displays one or some of the plurality of non-selected images on the display screen, and   the display control unit changes the one or some of the plurality of non-selected images to be displayed on the display screen, according to the order.   
     
     
         3 . The image selection device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the selection unit selects, according to a user's input to an image displayed on the display screen among the plurality of non-selected images, the image, and   wherein the display control unit sorts non-selected images which have not been displayed on the display screen among the plurality of non-selected images, and displays one or some of the sorted non-selected images according to a scroll operation to the display screen.   
     
     
         4 . The image selection device according to  claim 1 , wherein the display control unit sorts the plurality of non-selected images within a range of a previously-determined priority condition. 
     
     
         5 . The image selection device according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the attribute information included in the image includes information specifying an object included in the image and information indicating a group to which the object included in the image belongs, and   wherein the previously-determined priority condition is that an image including an object belonging to the same group as an object included in an image selected by the selection unit is prioritized over an image including an object belonging to a group different from a group of the object included in the image selected by the selection unit.   
     
     
         6 . The image selection device according to  claim 5 , p 1  wherein the display control unit sorts the plurality of non-selected images in an order in which an image which includes an object belonging to the same group as an object included in an image selected by the selection unit and has attribute information which matches the attribute information of the image selected by the selection unit is prioritized over an image which includes an object belonging to a group different from a group of the object included in the image selected by the selection unit and has attribute information which does not match the attribute information of the image selected by the selection unit. 
     
     
         7 . A method for controlling an image selection device for selecting an image from a plurality of non-selected images having attribute information, the method comprising:
 displaying a plurality of non-selected images on a display screen according to a predetermined order;   selecting an image from the plurality of non-selected images displayed on the display screen, according to a user's input; and   sorting, according to the selecting of an image, the plurality of non-selected images in a order in which an image having attribute information which does not match attribute information of the selected image is prioritized over an image having attribute information which matches the attribute information of the selected image.   
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing on a computer the method for controlling an image selection device according to  claim 7 .