JP2008035246A - Composition evaluation device, composition adjustment device, image photographing device, composition evaluation program, composition adjustment program, image photographing program, composition evaluation method, composition adjustment method, and image photographing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an amateur to take a well composed picture. <P>SOLUTION: A composition comparison part 118 of a composition evaluation device 100 compares compositions which a composition information storage part 114 has preliminarily stored in a storage device 984, with a composition of a picture to be taken to calculate an evaluation of the composition of this picture as a numerical value or the like. A matching degree display part 120 displays the calculated evaluation on a display device 901. A composition adjustment device searches parts constituting a good composition, from a picture after photographing and cuts out these parts to generate a well composed picture. An image photographing device automatically acquires a picture of a range wider than the picture intended to be taken when photographing an image, to facilitate obtaining a well composed picture after photographing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is, for example, a device that evaluates the composition of an image such as a photograph, a device that cuts out a portion of a so-called highly evaluated and good composition from the image, and when or when the image is captured, The present invention relates to an image capturing device that makes it possible to obtain an image with a composition that is better than an image that is attempted to be acquired.

Elements required for photography include composition, exposure, and focus. Exposure and focus are digitized at the time of shooting. Therefore, the exposure and focus can be controlled by the apparatus at the time of shooting. However, it is necessary to determine the composition based on experience by determining whether the composition is good.
JP 2003-1105040 A JP 2001-167253 A JP 2002-197456 A JP 2005-51541 A JP 2000-90239 A JP 2005-78290 A JP 2006-166358 A

In order to determine the composition of an image such as a photograph, it is necessary to experience, and there is a problem that it is difficult for an amateur to easily take a photograph with a good composition.
An object of the present invention is to make it possible for anyone to take a photograph with a good composition by making it possible to grasp the evaluation of the composition of a photograph to be photographed as a numerical value or the like at the time of photographing. It is another object of the present invention to easily cut out a good composition portion from a photographed photograph after photographing.

The composition evaluation apparatus according to the present invention includes, for example, an image input unit that inputs image information indicating an image and stores the image information in a storage device,
A composition information storage unit that stores composition information indicating a predetermined composition in a storage device;
A composition extraction unit that extracts the composition of the image from the image information input by the image input unit and stores it in a storage device;
A composition comparison unit is provided that compares the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit and the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the composition information storage unit by a processing device to calculate the degree of coincidence of the composition.

The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
A coincidence degree display unit for displaying the coincidence degree on a display device by a predetermined method is provided.

The coincidence degree display unit displays the coincidence degree together with the image information input by the image input unit.

The composition information storage unit stores a plurality of composition information,
The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
A composition designating unit for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition from the plurality of composition information using an input device;
The composition comparison unit calculates the degree of coincidence of the composition by comparing the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specifying unit with the composition of the image.

The composition comparison unit divides the image and the composition indicated by the composition information into a plurality of meshes, and compares the lightness of the image with the lightness of the composition indicated by the composition information for each divided mesh. The degree of coincidence is calculated.

The composition comparison unit calculates the degree of coincidence of the composition by comparing the hue and saturation of the image with the hue and saturation of the composition indicated by the composition information in addition to the lightness.

The composition information storage unit stores composition information indicating a predetermined composition as an acquisition-prohibited composition,
The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
An image storage instruction unit for inputting an instruction to store the image information input by the image input unit in the storage device by the input device;
When the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit and the composition indicated by the acquisition prohibition composition stored by the composition information storage unit are substantially the same, even if the image storage instruction unit inputs an instruction, it is limited to store it in the storage device And an image storage restricting unit.

The composition information storage unit stores composition information indicating an appropriate composition for each object of the image,
The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
An object designating unit for designating an object of an image input by the image input unit using an input device;
The composition comparison unit compares the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit with the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the composition information storage unit for the object specified by the object specifying unit, and determines the degree of coincidence of the composition. It is characterized by calculating.

The composition adjustment device according to the present invention includes, for example, an image information input unit that inputs image information indicating an image and composition specifying information that specifies composition information indicating a predetermined composition, and stores the information in a storage device.
A composition extraction unit that extracts the composition of the image from the image information input by the image information input unit and stores it in the storage device;
The degree of coincidence between the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit from the image indicated by the image information input by the image information input unit and the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specification information input by the image information input unit is highest. A composition matching part search unit for searching for a composition matching part,
A cut-out image generation unit that generates cut-out image information indicating an image obtained by cutting out the composition match portion searched by the composition match portion search unit and stores the cut-out image information in a storage device;

The image information input unit receives and inputs image information and composition designation information from a predetermined terminal via a network,
The composition adjusting device further includes:
An image transmission unit that transmits the cut-out image information generated by the cut-out image generation unit to the predetermined terminal via a network is provided.

The composition matching portion search unit is characterized in that an image having a size that occupies a range of a predetermined ratio or more with respect to the size of the image indicated by the image information input by the image information input unit is searched as a composition matching portion. To do.

An image capturing device according to the present invention includes, for example, a first image acquisition unit that acquires first image information indicating a first image by an image acquisition device;
An image display unit for displaying on the display device a first image indicated by the first image information acquired by the first image acquisition unit;
An image storage instruction unit for inputting an instruction to store the image information in the storage device by the input device;
A second image acquisition unit that acquires second image information indicating a second image in a wider range than the image indicated by the first image information and stores the second image information in a storage device when the image storage instruction unit inputs an instruction; It is characterized by providing.

The first image acquisition unit acquires first image information by a first lens included in the image acquisition device,
The second image acquisition unit acquires second image information using a second lens having a wider angle than the first lens.

  The first image acquisition unit acquires only a part of the image information that can be acquired by the image acquisition device.

The image photographing device further includes:
A composition designating unit for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition using an input device;
When the image storage instruction unit inputs an instruction, the degree of coincidence between the second image indicated by the second image information acquired by the second image acquisition unit and the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specifying unit is A composition matching part search unit for searching for the highest composition matching part,
The first image acquisition unit acquires first image information using the composition matching portion searched by the composition matching portion search unit as a first image, and stores the first image information in a storage device.

The composition evaluation program according to the present invention includes, for example, image input processing for inputting image information indicating an image and storing the image information in a storage device,
A composition extraction process for extracting the composition of the image from the image information input in the image input process and storing it in a storage device;
Comparing the composition extracted by the composition extraction process with a predetermined composition indicated by the composition information stored in the storage device, and causing the computer to execute a composition comparison process for calculating the degree of coincidence of the composition. .

The composition evaluation program further includes
The computer is caused to execute a coincidence degree display process for displaying the coincidence degree on a display device by a predetermined method.

The coincidence degree display process displays the coincidence degree together with the image information input in the image input process.

The composition evaluation program further includes
Causing the computer to execute a composition designation process for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition from the plurality of composition information stored in the storage device by input of the input device;
The composition comparison process is characterized in that a composition matching degree is calculated by comparing the composition indicated by the composition information designated in the composition designation process with the composition of the image.

The composition comparison process divides the image and the composition indicated by the composition information into a plurality of meshes, and compares the lightness of the image with the lightness of the composition indicated by the composition information for each divided mesh. The degree of coincidence is calculated.

The composition comparison process is characterized in that, in addition to brightness, the hue and saturation of the image and the hue and saturation of the composition indicated by the composition information are respectively compared to calculate the degree of coincidence of the composition.

The composition evaluation program further includes
An image storage instruction process in which an instruction to store the image information input in the image input process in the storage device is performed by an input of the input device;
If the composition extracted by the composition extraction process and the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the storage device as an acquisition-prohibited composition are substantially the same, even if an instruction is given by the image storage instruction process, storage in the storage device is restricted. The image storage restriction process is executed by a computer.

The composition evaluation program further includes
Causing the computer to execute an object specifying process for specifying an object of an image to be input in the image input process by an input of an input device;
In the composition comparison process, the composition extracted by the composition extraction process and the composition indicated by the composition information stored for the object specified by the object specifying process of the composition information stored in the storage device for each object of the image are shown. The degree of coincidence of the composition is calculated by comparison.

The composition adjustment program according to the present invention includes, for example, image information input processing for inputting image information indicating an image and composition specifying information for specifying composition information indicating a predetermined composition and storing the information in a storage device.
A composition extraction process for extracting the composition of the image from the image information input in the image information input process and storing it in a storage device;
The degree of coincidence between the composition extracted by the composition extraction process from the image indicated by the image information input process and the composition specified by the composition information specified by the image information input process is the highest. A composition matching portion search process for searching for a composition matching portion by a processing device;
It is characterized in that a computer executes cut-out image generation processing for generating cut-out image information indicating an image obtained by cutting out the composition match portion searched in the composition match portion search processing and storing the cut-out image information in a storage device.

The image information input process receives and inputs image information and composition designation information from a predetermined terminal via a network,
The composition adjustment program further includes
A computer is caused to execute an image transmission process for transmitting the cut-out image information generated by the cut-out image generation process to the predetermined terminal via a network.

The composition matching part search process is characterized in that an image having a size that occupies a range of a predetermined ratio or more with respect to the size of the image indicated by the image information input in the image information input process is searched as a composition matching part. To do.

An image capturing program according to the present invention includes, for example, a first image acquisition process in which first image information indicating a first image is acquired by an image acquisition device;
An image display process for displaying on the display device a first image indicated by the first image information acquired in the first image acquisition process;
An image storage instruction process for inputting an instruction to store image information in the storage device by an input device;
A second image acquisition process for acquiring second image information indicating a second image in a wider range than the image indicated by the first image information and storing the second image information in a storage device when an instruction is input in the image storage instruction process; Is executed by a computer.

In the first image acquisition process, first image information is acquired by a first lens included in the image acquisition device,
The second image acquisition process is characterized in that second image information is acquired by a second lens having a wider angle than the first lens.

In the first image acquisition process, only a part of the image information that can be acquired by the image acquisition device is acquired.

The image shooting program further includes:
A composition designation process for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition by input from an input device;
When an instruction is input in the image storage instruction process, the degree of coincidence between the second image indicated by the second image information acquired in the second image acquisition process and the composition indicated by the composition information specified in the composition specifying process is Causing the computer to execute a composition matching portion search process for searching for the highest composition matching portion,
The first image acquisition process is characterized in that the first image information is acquired and stored in a storage device using the composition matching part searched in the composition matching part search process as a first image.

The composition evaluation method according to the present invention includes, for example, an image input step in which an input device inputs image information indicating an image;
A composition extraction step in which the processing device extracts the composition of the image from the image information input in the image input step;
And a composition comparison step in which the processing device compares the composition extracted in the composition extraction step with a predetermined composition indicated by the composition information stored in the storage device, and calculates the degree of coincidence of the composition.

The composition adjustment method according to the present invention includes, for example, an image information input step in which an input device inputs image information indicating an image and composition specifying information for specifying composition information indicating a predetermined composition;
A composition extraction step in which the processing device extracts the composition of the image from the image information input in the image information input step;
The degree of coincidence between the composition extracted at the composition extraction step and the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specification information input at the image information input step is highest from the image indicated by the image information input at the image information input step. A composition matching portion search step in which the processing device searches for a composition matching portion,
And a cut-out image generating step in which the processing device generates cut-out image information indicating an image cut out from the composition-matching portion searched in the composition matching portion searching step.

An image capturing method according to the present invention includes, for example, a first image acquisition step in which an image acquisition device acquires first image information indicating a first image;
An image display step in which the display device displays the first image indicated by the first image information acquired in the first image acquisition step;
An image storage instruction step in which an input device inputs an instruction to store the first image information in the storage device;
A second image acquisition step in which the processing device acquires second image information indicating a second image in a wider range than the image indicated by the first image information when an instruction is input in the image storage instruction step. It is characterized by.

According to the composition evaluation apparatus, composition evaluation program, and composition evaluation method according to the present invention, the degree of coincidence between the composition of a photograph to be photographed and a predetermined composition stored in advance in a storage device can be evaluated and grasped at the time of photographing. it can. Therefore, anyone can easily take a photo with a good composition.
In addition, it is possible to specify the composition that the photographer wants to take and grasp the degree of coincidence with the composition at the time of shooting. Therefore, it is possible to easily take a picture of a composition that the photographer wants to take.

  Further, according to the composition adjustment device, the composition adjustment program, and the composition adjustment method according to the present invention, a portion close to a predetermined composition can be cut out from the image by inputting image information such as a photograph. Therefore, after photographing, a good composition part can be easily cut out from the photographed photograph.

  Furthermore, according to the image capturing device, the image capturing program, and the image capturing method according to the present invention, it is possible to acquire an image in a wider range than the range to be captured. Therefore, after photographing, it is possible to cut out a portion having a better composition from a wider range than the range to be photographed. In addition, an image having a better composition than the image to be taken can be automatically acquired from the periphery of the image.

  First, the hardware configuration of the composition evaluation device, the composition adjustment device, and the image photographing device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an appearance of an image evaluation adjustment system 10 including a composition evaluation device 100 and a composition adjustment device 200 according to an embodiment.
In FIG. 1, an image evaluation adjustment system 10 includes a system unit 910, a display device 901 having a display screen of a CRT (Cathode / Ray / Tube) or LCD (liquid crystal), a keyboard 902 (Key / Board: K / B), a mouse. 903, FDD904 (Flexible / Disk / Drive), and compact disk device 905 (CDD) are provided, and these are connected by cables and signal lines.
The system unit 910 is a computer and is connected to the Internet 940 via a local area network 942 (LAN) and a gateway 941.
The system unit 910 is an example of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and the composition adjustment apparatus 200. The camera 916 is an example of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and the image capturing apparatus 300.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware resources of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and the composition adjustment apparatus 200 according to the embodiment.
In FIG. 2, the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and the composition adjustment apparatus 200 include a CPU 911 (also referred to as a central processing unit, a central processing unit, a processing unit 980, an arithmetic unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, or a processor) that executes a program. ing. The CPU 911 is connected to the ROM 913, the RAM 914, the communication board 915, the display device 901, the keyboard 902, the mouse 903, the FDD 904, the CDD 905, and the magnetic disk device 920 via the bus 912, and controls these hardware devices. Instead of the magnetic disk device 920, a storage device 984 such as an optical disk device or a memory card read / write device may be used.
The RAM 914 is an example of a volatile memory. The storage media of the ROM 913, the FDD 904, the CDD 905, and the magnetic disk device 920 are an example of a nonvolatile memory. These are examples of the storage device 984.
The communication board 915, the keyboard 902, the FDD 904, and the like are examples of the input device 982.

The communication board 915 is connected to the LAN 942 or the like. The communication board 915 is not limited to the LAN 942 and may be connected to the Internet 940, a WAN (wide area network) such as ISDN, or the like. When connected to a WAN such as the Internet 940 or ISDN, the gateway 941 is unnecessary.
The magnetic disk device 920 stores an operating system 921 (OS), a window system 922, a program group 923, and a file group 924. The programs in the program group 923 are executed by the CPU 911, the operating system 921, and the window system 922.

The program group 923 stores, for example, programs that execute the functions described as “˜units” in the description of the embodiments described below. The program is read and executed by the CPU 911.
The file group 924 includes, for example, information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters described as “determination of” and “result of calculating” in the description of the embodiment described below as “file”. And “database” are stored as each item. The “file” and “database” are stored in a recording medium such as a disk or a memory. Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters stored in a storage medium such as a disk or memory are read out to the main memory or cache memory by the CPU 911 via a read / write circuit, and extracted, searched, referenced, compared, Used for CPU operations such as calculation, calculation, processing, output, printing, and display. Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters are temporarily stored in the main memory, cache memory, and buffer memory during the CPU operations of extraction, search, reference, comparison, operation, calculation, processing, output, printing, and display. Is remembered.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware resources of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and the image capturing apparatus 300 according to the embodiment.
In FIG. 3, the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and the image capturing apparatus 300 include a CPU 911 that executes a program. The CPU 911 is connected to the ROM 913, the RAM 914, the communication board 915, the display device 901, the keyboard 902, and the camera 916 via the bus 912, and controls these hardware devices.
The RAM 914 is an example of a volatile memory. The storage medium of the ROM 913 is an example of a nonvolatile memory. These are examples of the storage device 984.
The communication board 915, the keyboard 902, and the like are examples of the input device 982.
The camera 916 is an example of the image acquisition device 990. The camera 916 here is different from the camera 916 in FIG. 1 and has only a function of acquiring an image.
Further, the program group 923, the file group 924, and the like stored in the magnetic disk device 920 shown in FIG. 2 are stored in the ROM 913 and the like.

  The communication board 915 is connected to the system unit 910, the LAN 942, and the like. As described above, the communication board 915 is not limited to the LAN 942 but may be connected to the Internet 940, a WAN (wide area network) such as ISDN, or the like.

  In addition, the arrows in the flowcharts described in the following description of the embodiment mainly indicate input / output of data and signals. The data and signal values are the RAM 914 memory, the FDD 904 flexible disk, the CDD 905 compact disk, and the magnetic field. The data is recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic disk of the disk device 920, another optical disk, a mini disk, and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). Data and signals are transmitted online via a bus 912, signal lines, cables, or other transmission media.

  In addition, what is described as “to part” in the description of the embodiment described below may be “to circuit”, “to device”, “to device”, and “to means”. It may be “step”, “˜procedure”, “˜processing”. That is, what is described as “˜unit” may be realized by firmware stored in the ROM 913. Alternatively, it may be implemented only by software, or only by hardware such as elements, devices, substrates, and wirings, by a combination of software and hardware, or by a combination of firmware. Firmware and software are stored as programs in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a mini disk, and a DVD. The program is read by the CPU 911 and executed by the CPU 911. That is, the program causes the computer to function as “to part” described below. Alternatively, the procedure or method of “to part” described below is executed by a computer.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Next, the first embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, a composition evaluation apparatus 100 that evaluates a composition of an input image, a composition evaluation program, and a composition evaluation method will be described.

  An outline of a method for the composition evaluation apparatus 100 to evaluate the composition of an image will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, the composition of the image acquired by the camera 916 is evaluated. An image acquired by the camera 916 is compared with a composition indicated by composition information stored in a composition information storage unit 114 described later. The composition evaluation apparatus 100 divides an image acquired by the camera 916 and a composition indicated by composition information stored in a composition information storage unit 114 described later into meshes. Then, the composition evaluation apparatus 100 compares the meshes and calculates the degree of coincidence between the image acquired by the camera 916 and the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the composition information storage unit 114 described later. In the example of FIG. 4, it is recognized that the degree of coincidence between the image acquired by the camera 916 and the so-called diagonal composition is relatively high. The evaluation of the composition of the image may be evaluated as a good composition when the degree of coincidence with the composition specified by the user is high, or it may be evaluated as a composition with a high degree of coincidence from a plurality of compositions. May be. As a method indicated by the evaluation, for example, the score or the like is displayed on the display device 901.

  Here, the composition is a configuration of an image in a photograph or the like, and is a position in the entire image of a subject or the like. For composition, for example, diagonal line (/), crossed diagonal line (×), radiation, circle (◯), triangle (△), inverted triangle (▽), rhombus (□), I letter, Y letter, S letter , C-shaped, Z-shaped, W-shaped, inverted W-shaped, H-shaped, and the like. In addition, the composition information storage unit 114 stores composition information indicating a typical composition such as these compositions in the storage device 984.

Next, functions and processing flows of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7.
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.
The composition evaluation apparatus 100 includes a composition evaluation unit 110, a display device 901, a processing device 980, an input device 982, a storage device 984, a communication device 988, and an image acquisition device 990.
The composition evaluation unit 110 is, for example, software, a program, or the like, stored in the storage device 984, and executed by the processing device 980. The composition evaluation unit 110 includes an image input unit 112, a composition information storage unit 114, a composition extraction unit 116, a composition comparison unit 118, a matching degree display unit 120, a composition designation unit 122, an object designation unit 124, an image storage instruction unit 126, An image storage restriction unit 128 is provided.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a composition evaluation process that is a process of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. In the composition evaluation process, the composition of the input image is evaluated. The composition evaluation process indicates the processing contents of the composition evaluation program and the composition evaluation method.

First, in the image input process (S101), the image input unit 112 inputs image information indicating an image and stores it in the storage device 984. The image input unit 112 inputs image information by taking a picture with the camera 916, for example. Further, the image input unit 112 may input image information acquired by an image acquisition device or the like using the input device 982.
Next, in the composition extraction process (S102), the composition extraction unit 116 extracts the composition of the image from the image information input by the image input unit 112 and stores it in the storage device 984. The composition extraction process will be described later.
Next, in the composition comparison process (S103), the composition comparison unit 118 performs a predetermined composition indicated by the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit 116 in (S102) and the composition information previously stored in the storage device 984 by the composition information storage unit 114. Are compared by the processing device 980 to calculate the degree of coincidence of the composition. The comparison method will be described later.
In the coincidence degree display process (S104), the coincidence degree display unit 120 displays the coincidence degree calculated by the composition comparison unit 118 in (S103) on the display device 901 by a predetermined method. The coincidence degree display unit 120 may display the coincidence degree together with the image information input by the image input unit 112. That is, when the composition evaluation apparatus 100 is provided in the camera 916, the degree of coincidence of the composition is displayed on the display device 901 such as the finder of the camera 916 or the LCD together with the image to be taken. This makes it possible to easily determine the composition for shooting. The degree of coincidence of the composition is displayed by numerical values such as points and evaluation values such as A, B, and C.

  Here, in the composition comparison process (S103), the composition comparison unit 118, for example, compares the extracted composition with the composition indicated by all the composition information stored in the storage device 984 in advance by the composition information storage unit 114, and is the best match. The degree of coincidence with the composition to be calculated may be calculated. Further, the composition comparison unit 118 may compare the extracted composition only with the composition information specified by the processing (S105) and (S106) described later. In this case, when there are a plurality of pieces of composition information to be specified, the composition comparison unit 118 may calculate the degree of coincidence with the most coincident composition.

In the composition specifying process (S105), the composition specifying unit 122 uses the input device 982 to specify composition information indicating a predetermined composition from a plurality of pieces of composition information stored in the storage device 984 in advance by the composition information storage unit 114. That is, if there is a desired composition to be photographed, that composition is designated. In step S <b> 103, the composition comparison unit 118 compares the composition indicated by the composition information designated by the composition designation unit 122 with the extracted composition and calculates the degree of coincidence of the compositions.
The composition information storage unit 114 may store a plurality of compositions specific to famous photographers in advance. When the photographer wants to take a picture like the photographer, the composition designating unit 122 designates the photographer. Each time a photograph is taken, the composition comparison unit 118 calculates the degree of coincidence with the composition unique to the photographer. Thus, a series of photographs can be taken with a composition similar to that taken by the photographer.

In the object designation process (S106), the object designation unit 124 designates the object of the image input by the image input unit 112 using the input device 982. Here, the composition information storage unit 114 stores composition information indicating an appropriate composition for each object of the image in the storage device 984. The composition comparison unit 118 compares the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit 116 with the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the composition information storage unit 114 for the object specified by the object specifying unit 124, and determines the degree of coincidence of the composition. calculate.
The object designating unit 124 designates an object when, for example, it is desired to photograph a person or the like or a landscape or the like. That is, the composition information storage unit 114 stores in advance composition information indicating an appropriate composition for each object such as a person or a landscape.

  According to the composition evaluation apparatus according to Embodiment 1, the degree of coincidence between the composition indicated by the composition information stored in advance and the composition of the input image can be calculated, and the degree of coincidence can be displayed on the display device 901 as a score or the like. Therefore, even if the composition is an amateur, it is possible to easily determine whether the composition is good or not. Therefore, it is possible to easily take a photograph that impresses a person.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an image storage restriction process that is a process of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. The image storage restriction process restricts photographing when a predetermined composition is obtained when a photograph is taken with the camera 916 or the like. The image storage restriction process indicates the processing contents of the composition evaluation program and the composition evaluation method.

(S201) and (S202) are the same as (S101) and (S102).
In the image storage instruction process (S203), the image storage instruction unit 126 inputs an instruction to store the image information input by the image input unit 112 in the storage device 984 using the input device 982. For example, when the user presses the shutter or the like of the camera 916, the image storage instruction unit 126 instructs to store image information.
Next, in the composition comparison process (S204), the composition comparison unit 118 compares the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit 116 in (S102) and the composition indicated by the composition forbidden to be acquired previously stored in the storage device by the composition information storage unit 114. The degree of coincidence is calculated.
Then, in the image storage restriction process (S205), the image storage restriction unit 128 stores the image information in the storage device 984 when the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit 116 and the composition indicated by the acquisition prohibition composition substantially match. Limit. That is, the image information cannot be stored in the storage device 984.

  Here, the acquisition prohibition composition is, for example, a composition that is cut at a person's neck or ankle when a person is photographed. It is not preferable to take a photograph with a composition that roughly matches such an acquisition-prohibited composition, and a restriction is imposed so that it is not mistakenly taken.

  Therefore, according to the composition evaluation apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, it is possible to restrict photographing for a composition that should not be photographed, so that photographing with an undesirable composition is not performed.

  Next, a method by which the composition comparison unit 118 calculates the degree of coincidence of the composition will be described. The composition comparison unit 118 divides the image and the composition indicated by the composition information into a plurality of meshes, compares the lightness of the image with the lightness of the composition indicated by the composition information for each divided mesh, and determines the degree of coincidence of the composition. calculate. That is, the composition extraction unit 116 extracts the brightness of the image from the image information. In addition to the lightness, the composition comparison unit 118 may compare the hue and saturation of the image with the hue and saturation of the composition indicated by the composition information, and calculate the degree of coincidence of the composition. In this case, the composition extraction unit 116 extracts the hue and saturation of the image in addition to the brightness of the image from the image information. Here, the lightness, hue, and saturation of each mesh may be the maximum value or the average value of the lightness in the mesh. Also, the degree of coincidence is, for example, a value obtained by converting the numerical approximation to each mesh of the image and the composition indicated by the composition information and taking the average of all the meshes.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, a composition adjustment device 200, an image adjustment program, and an image adjustment method that generate an image having a composition that may trim an input image will be described.

  An outline of a method of generating an image with a good composition by the composition adjustment apparatus 200 will be described with reference to FIG. First, image information of an image captured by the camera 916 or the like is input to the composition adjustment device 200. Composition information indicating a designated composition may be input together with image information. Here, for example, it is assumed that composition information indicating a composition of a diagonal line is input. Then, the composition adjustment apparatus 200 searches the input image for a composition matching portion that has the highest degree of matching with the diagonal composition, and cuts out the composition matching portion.

Next, functions and processing flows of the composition adjustment apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions of the composition adjustment apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment.
The composition adjustment device 200 includes a composition adjustment unit 210, a display device 901, a processing device 980, an input device 982, a storage device 984, and a communication device 988.
The composition adjustment unit 210 is software, a program, or the like, for example, and is stored in the storage device 984 and executed by the processing device 980. The composition adjustment unit 210 includes an image information input unit 212, a composition information storage unit 214, a composition extraction unit 216, a composition match portion search unit 218, a cut-out image generation unit 220, an image transmission unit 222, and an object designation unit 224.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a composition adjustment process that is a process of the composition adjustment apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment. In the composition adjustment process, a good composition portion is cut out from the input image. The composition adjustment process indicates the processing contents of the composition adjustment program and the composition adjustment method.

First, in the image information input process (S301), the image information input unit 212 inputs image information indicating an image and composition specifying information for specifying composition information indicating a predetermined composition, and stores them in the storage device 984. That is, the image information input unit 212 inputs an image to be trimmed and a desired composition. The composition information indicating the desired composition may or may not be input. Also, a plurality of pieces of composition information may be input as a desired composition.
Next, in the composition extraction process (S302), the composition extraction unit 216 extracts the composition of the image from the image information input by the image information input unit 212 and stores it in the storage device 984. The process of extracting the composition is the same as the process of the composition extracting unit 116 of the first embodiment.
Next, in the composition matching portion search process (S303), the composition matching portion search unit 218 extracts the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit 216 from the image indicated by the image information input by the image information input unit 212 and the image information input unit 212. The composition matching portion having the highest degree of coincidence with the composition indicated by the composition information designated by the composition designating information inputted by is searched. Further, the composition matching portion search unit 218 may search for an image having a size that occupies a range of a predetermined ratio or more with respect to the size of the image indicated by the image information input by the image information input unit 212 as the composition matching portion. I do not care.
Here, as a process for the composition matching part search unit 218 to search for the composition matching part, for example, as in the process of the composition comparison unit 118 of the first embodiment, the image and the composition indicated by the composition information are converted into a plurality of meshes. For each divided mesh, the lightness of the image is compared with the lightness of the composition indicated by the composition information to calculate the degree of coincidence of the composition. The composition matching portion search unit 218 sequentially calculates the degree of coincidence of the composition for a portion that forms an image having a size that occupies a range of a predetermined ratio or more with respect to the size of the image, for example. Then, the composition matching portion search unit 218 selects the portion having the highest composition matching degree as the composition matching portion.
In the cut-out image generation process (S304), the cut-out image generation unit 222 generates cut-out image information indicating an image obtained by cutting out the composition match portion searched by the composition match portion search unit 218, and stores the cut image information in the storage device 984.
In the image transmission process (S305), when the image information input unit 212 receives and inputs image information and composition designation information from a predetermined terminal via the network, the image transmission unit 222 performs the cut image generation unit 220. The cut-out image information generated by is transmitted to the predetermined terminal via the network.

  In the object specifying process (S306) as in (S106) of the first embodiment, the object specifying unit 224 specifies the object of the image input by the image information input unit 212 using the input device 982. When the image information input unit 212 does not input composition information or a plurality of pieces of composition information, the composition match portion search unit 218 stores the composition specified by the object designating unit 224 in the composition information storage unit 214. The degree of coincidence of the composition is calculated by comparing with the composition indicated by the composition information.

As described above, the image information input unit 212 may receive image information and composition designation information via a network, and the image transmission unit 222 may transmit cut-out image information via the network. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of the composition adjustment device 200 that transmits and receives image information via a network. In FIG. 11, a server 917 is an example of the composition adjustment device 200. The system unit 910 is connected to the server 917 via a network. Furthermore, a camera 916 that is an example of an image acquisition device 990 is connected to the system unit 910. For example, the system unit 910 captures an image captured by the camera 916. Then, the system unit 910 transmits image information indicating the captured image and composition information designating the composition to the server 917 that is the composition adjustment apparatus 200. The server 917 that is the composition adjustment device 200 generates cut-out image information based on the received image information and composition information. Then, the server 917 which is the composition adjustment apparatus 200 transmits the generated cut-out image information to the system unit 910.
That is, the composition adjustment apparatus 200 can provide a composition adjustment program as an ASP (Application Service Provider). In FIG. 11, the server 917 is also an example of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. Therefore, the composition evaluation program can be provided as an ASP.

  According to the composition adjustment apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment, by inputting image information, it is possible to generate image information with a good composition by cutting out a good composition portion. Therefore, the photographed image can be an image with a good composition later.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
Next, Embodiment 3 will be described. In the third embodiment, an image capturing device 300, an image capturing program, and an image capturing method that can acquire an image with a better composition after acquiring the image will be described.

Based on FIG. 12, an outline of a method by which the image capturing apparatus 300 captures an image will be described. Here, it is assumed that the image capturing device 300 is a camera 916 including a display device 901 such as an LCD. In FIG. 12, an image A is an image when an image is acquired by the camera 916. The first image in the image A is an image displayed on the display device 901. Further, the second image of the image A is an image having a wider range than the first image. On the other hand, the first image in the image B shows a good composition part in the second image of the image B which is the same image as the second image of the image A.
In this case, the camera 916 that is the image capturing apparatus 300 operates as follows. The user of the camera 916 determines whether to take an image by looking at the first image of the image A. The user views the first image of image A and presses the shutter button to capture the image. Then, the camera 916 captures the second image together with the first image and stores it in the storage device 984. That is, the camera 916 captures a wider range of images than the range that the user has intentionally captured.
As a result, an image with a better composition after shooting can be obtained by cutting out a good composition portion from the second image by the composition adjustment apparatus 200 described in the second embodiment. That is, when the first image of the image A is displayed on the display device 901 and is photographed by the user, an image having a better composition, such as the first image of the image B after photographing, from the automatically photographed second image. Can be obtained.
Further, the camera 916 that is the image capturing apparatus 300 may perform composition adjustment processing on the second image at the time of image capturing. That is, when the first image of the image A is displayed on the display device 901 and photographed, the first image of the image B that is a better composition part in the second image can be automatically photographed.

Next, functions and processing flows of the image capturing apparatus 300 according to Embodiment 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions of the image capturing device 300 according to the third embodiment.
The image capturing device 300 includes an image capturing unit 310, a display device 901, a processing device 980, an input device 982, a storage device 984, a communication device 988, and an image acquisition device 990.
The image capturing unit 310 is software, a program, or the like, for example, and is stored in the storage device 984 and executed by the processing device 980. The image photographing unit 310 includes a first image acquisition unit 312, an image display unit 314, an image storage instruction unit 316, a second image acquisition unit 318, a composition information storage unit 320, a composition matching portion search unit 322, a composition designation unit 324, and a target. An object designating unit 326 is provided.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an image capturing process that is a process of the image capturing apparatus 300 according to the third embodiment. The image photographing process performs photographing that makes it possible to obtain an image with a good composition after photographing. The image capturing process indicates the processing contents of the image capturing program and the image capturing method.

First, in the first image acquisition process (S401), the first image acquisition unit 312 acquires first image information indicating the first image by the image acquisition device.
Next, in the image display process (S402), the image display unit 314 displays the first image indicated by the first image information acquired by the first image acquisition unit 312 on the display device 901.
Next, in the image storage instruction process (S403), the image storage instruction unit 316 inputs an instruction to store the image information in the storage device 984 through the input device 982. That is, the user confirms the first image displayed on the display device 901 by the image display unit 314 and inputs an instruction to store the image using the shutter of the camera 916 or the like.
In the second image acquisition process (S404), the second image acquisition unit 318 indicates a second image in a wider range than the image indicated by the first image information when the image storage instruction unit 316 inputs an instruction. Second image information is acquired and stored in the storage device 984. In other words, the image capturing device 300 acquires an image in a wider range than the image that the user tried to capture. The first image acquisition unit 312 stores first image information indicating the first image in the storage device 984.
For example, the image acquisition device 990 of the image capturing device 300 includes two lenses, a first lens that is a normal lens and a second lens that is a wide-angle lens. The first image acquisition unit 312 acquires first image information using a first lens provided in the image acquisition device 990. Then, the second image acquisition unit 318 acquires the second image information with the second lens having a wider angle than the first lens. Therefore, the second image acquisition unit 318 can acquire a wider range of images than the image acquired by the first image acquisition unit 312. The first image acquisition unit 312 acquires only part of the image information that can be acquired by the image acquisition device 990, and the second image acquisition unit 318 acquires all of the image information that can be acquired by the image acquisition device 990 or the first image. A part of a wider range than the part acquired by the acquisition unit 312 may be acquired.

  The image capturing apparatus 300 may execute only the processes from (S401) to (S404). However, the following (S405), (S406), and (S407) may be provided.

In the composition match portion search process (S405), the composition match portion search unit 322 starts from the second image indicated by the second image information acquired by the second image acquisition unit 318 when the image storage instruction unit 316 inputs an instruction. The composition information storage unit 320 searches for a composition matching portion having the highest degree of coincidence with the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the storage device 984 in advance. The processing for searching for a composition matching portion is the same as (S303) in the second embodiment.
When the composition match portion search unit 322 searches for a composition match portion, in (S404), the first image acquisition unit 312 uses the composition match portion searched by the composition match portion search unit 322 as the first image to obtain the first image information. Acquired and stored in the storage device 984. That is, the image display unit 314 that the user tried to photograph acquires an image different from the first image displayed on the display device 901 as the first image. In this case, for example, the second image acquisition unit 318 acquires an image in a predetermined range around the first image displayed on the display device 901 by the image display unit 314.

  In the composition designation process (S406), the composition designation unit 324 designates composition information indicating a predetermined composition using the input device 982. That is, when there is a composition that the user wants to shoot, the composition designating unit 324 designates composition information indicating the composition. When the composition specifying unit 324 specifies the composition information, the composition matching portion search unit 322 searches the second image for a composition matching portion that has the highest degree of matching with the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specifying unit.

  In the object specifying process (S407) as in (S106) of the first embodiment, the object specifying unit 326 specifies the object of the image acquired by the first image acquiring unit 312 using the input device 982. When the composition specifying unit 324 does not input composition information or a plurality of pieces of composition information, the composition matching portion search unit 322 stores the composition stored in the composition information storage unit 320 for the object specified by the object specifying unit 326. The degree of coincidence of the composition is calculated by comparing with the composition indicated by the information.

  With the image capturing device 300 according to Embodiment 3, it is possible to acquire an image again with a better composition after acquiring the image. In addition, it is possible to automatically acquire an image with a better composition when acquiring an image. Therefore, even an amateur about composition can easily take a photo that impresses a person.

  In the above embodiment, what is indicated as “to process” may be “to step”.

The figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the image evaluation adjustment system 10 in embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the hardware resource of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and composition adjustment apparatus 200 in embodiment. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware resources of the composition evaluation apparatus 100 and the image capturing apparatus 300 according to the embodiment. FIG. The figure which shows the outline | summary of the method with which the composition evaluation apparatus 100 evaluates the composition of an image. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the composition evaluation apparatus 100. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing composition evaluation processing which is processing of the composition evaluation apparatus 100. 5 is a flowchart showing image storage restriction processing that is processing of the composition evaluation apparatus 100. The figure which shows the outline | summary of the method in which the composition adjustment apparatus 200 produces | generates the image of a good composition. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the composition adjustment apparatus 200. 5 is a flowchart showing composition adjustment processing which is processing of the composition adjustment device 200. The figure which shows an example of system configurations, such as the composition adjustment apparatus 200 which transmits / receives image information via a network. The figure which shows the outline | summary of the method the image imaging device 300 image | photographs an image. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the image capturing apparatus 300. 5 is a flowchart showing image shooting processing that is processing of the image shooting device 300;

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image evaluation adjustment system, 100 Composition evaluation apparatus, 110 Composition evaluation part, 112 Image input part, 114 Composition information storage part, 116 Composition extraction part, 118 Composition comparison part, 120 Concordance display part, 122 Composition designation part, 124 Object designation unit, 126 Image storage instruction unit, 128 Image storage restriction unit, 200 Composition adjustment device, 210 Composition adjustment unit, 212 Image information input unit, 214 Composition information storage unit, 216 Composition extraction unit, 218 Composition match portion search unit, 220 cutout image generation unit, 222 image transmission unit, 224 target object designation unit, 300 image shooting device, 310 image shooting unit, 312 first image acquisition unit, 314 image display unit, 316 image storage instruction unit, 318 second image acquisition Part, 320 composition information storage part, 322 composition matching part search part, 324 composition designation part, 326 Elephant designation unit, 901 display device, 902 keyboard, 903 mouse, 904 FDD, 905 CDD, 906 printer device, 907 scanner device, 910 system unit, 911 CPU, 912 bus, 913 ROM, 914 RAM, 915 communication board, 916 Camera, 920 magnetic disk device, 921 OS, 922 window system, 923 program group, 924 file group, 940 Internet, 941 gateway, 942 LAN, 980 processing device, 982 input device, 984 storage device, 988 communication device, 990 image acquisition apparatus.

Claims (33)

An image input unit that inputs image information indicating an image and stores the image information in a storage device;
A composition information storage unit that stores composition information indicating a predetermined composition in a storage device;
A composition extraction unit that extracts the composition of the image from the image information input by the image input unit and stores it in a storage device;
A composition evaluation unit comprising: a composition comparison unit that compares a composition extracted by the composition extraction unit and a composition indicated by the composition information stored in the composition information storage unit by a processing device and calculates a degree of coincidence of the composition. apparatus. The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
The composition evaluation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a coincidence degree display unit that displays the coincidence degree on a display device by a predetermined method. The composition evaluation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the matching degree display unit displays the matching degree together with the image information input by the image input unit. The composition information storage unit stores a plurality of composition information,
The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
A composition designating unit for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition from the plurality of composition information using an input device;
2. The composition evaluation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the composition comparison unit compares the composition indicated by the composition information designated by the composition designating unit with the composition of the image to calculate the degree of coincidence of the composition. The composition comparison unit divides the image and the composition indicated by the composition information into a plurality of meshes, and compares the lightness of the image with the lightness of the composition indicated by the composition information for each divided mesh. The composition evaluation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the degree of coincidence is calculated. 6. The composition comparison unit calculates the degree of composition coincidence by comparing the hue and saturation of the image with the hue and saturation of the composition indicated by the composition information in addition to the lightness. The composition evaluation apparatus described. The composition information storage unit stores composition information indicating a predetermined composition as an acquisition-prohibited composition,
The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
An image storage instruction unit for inputting an instruction to store the image information input by the image input unit in the storage device by the input device;
When the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit and the composition indicated by the acquisition prohibition composition stored by the composition information storage unit are substantially the same, even if the image storage instruction unit inputs an instruction, it is limited to store it in the storage device The composition evaluation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an image storage restriction unit that performs the operation. The composition information storage unit stores composition information indicating an appropriate composition for each object of the image,
The composition evaluation apparatus further includes:
An object designating unit for designating an object of an image input by the image input unit using an input device;
The composition comparison unit compares the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit with the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the composition information storage unit for the object specified by the object specifying unit, and determines the degree of coincidence of the composition. The composition evaluation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the composition evaluation apparatus calculates the composition. An image information input unit for inputting image information indicating an image and composition specifying information for specifying composition information indicating a predetermined composition and storing the information in a storage device;
A composition extraction unit that extracts the composition of the image from the image information input by the image information input unit and stores it in the storage device;
The degree of coincidence between the composition extracted by the composition extraction unit from the image indicated by the image information input by the image information input unit and the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specification information input by the image information input unit is highest. A composition matching part search unit for searching for a composition matching part,
A composition adjustment device comprising: a cut-out image generation unit that generates cut-out image information indicating an image obtained by cutting out the composition match portion searched by the composition match portion search unit and stores the cut-out image information in a storage device. The image information input unit receives and inputs image information and composition designation information from a predetermined terminal via a network,
The composition adjusting device further includes:
The composition adjustment apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: an image transmission unit that transmits the cut image information generated by the cut image generation unit to the predetermined terminal via a network. The composition matching portion search unit is characterized in that an image having a size that occupies a range of a predetermined ratio or more with respect to the size of the image indicated by the image information input by the image information input unit is searched as a composition matching portion. The composition adjustment device according to claim 9. A first image acquisition unit that acquires first image information indicating a first image by an image acquisition device;
An image display unit for displaying on the display device a first image indicated by the first image information acquired by the first image acquisition unit;
An image storage instruction unit for inputting an instruction to store the image information in the storage device by the input device;
A second image acquisition unit that acquires second image information indicating a second image in a wider range than the image indicated by the first image information and stores the second image information in a storage device when the image storage instruction unit inputs an instruction; An image photographing apparatus comprising: The first image acquisition unit acquires first image information by a first lens included in the image acquisition device,
The image capturing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the second image acquisition unit acquires second image information using a second lens having a wider angle than the first lens. 13. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first image acquisition unit acquires only a part of image information that can be acquired by the image acquisition apparatus. The image photographing device further includes:
A composition designating unit for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition using an input device;
When the image storage instruction unit inputs an instruction, the degree of coincidence between the second image indicated by the second image information acquired by the second image acquisition unit and the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specifying unit is A composition matching part search unit for searching for the highest composition matching part,
13. The image photographing according to claim 12, wherein the first image acquisition unit acquires first image information using the composition matching portion searched by the composition matching portion search unit as a first image and stores the first image information in a storage device. apparatus. Image input processing for inputting image information indicating an image and storing it in a storage device;
A composition extraction process for extracting the composition of the image from the image information input in the image input process and storing it in a storage device;
Comparing the composition extracted by the composition extraction process with a predetermined composition indicated by the composition information stored in the storage device, and causing the computer to execute a composition comparison process for calculating the degree of coincidence of the composition. Composition evaluation program. The composition evaluation program further includes
17. The composition evaluation program according to claim 16, further causing a computer to execute a matching degree display process for displaying the matching degree on a display device by a predetermined method. 18. The composition evaluation program according to claim 17, wherein the matching degree display process displays the matching degree together with the image information input in the image input process. The composition evaluation program further includes
Causing the computer to execute a composition designation process for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition from the plurality of composition information stored in the storage device by input of the input device;
The composition evaluation program according to claim 16, wherein the composition comparison process compares the composition indicated by the composition information designated in the composition designation process with the composition of the image to calculate the degree of coincidence of the composition. The composition comparison process divides the image and the composition indicated by the composition information into a plurality of meshes, and compares the lightness of the image with the lightness of the composition indicated by the composition information for each divided mesh. The composition evaluation program according to claim 16, wherein the degree of coincidence is calculated. 21. The composition comparison process calculates the degree of coincidence of the composition by comparing the hue and saturation of the image with the hue and saturation of the composition indicated by the composition information in addition to the brightness. The composition evaluation program described. The composition evaluation program further includes
An image storage instruction process in which an instruction to store the image information input in the image input process in the storage device is performed by an input of the input device;
If the composition extracted by the composition extraction process and the composition indicated by the composition information stored in the storage device as an acquisition-prohibited composition are substantially the same, even if an instruction is given by the image storage instruction process, storage in the storage device is restricted. 17. The composition evaluation program according to claim 16, which causes a computer to execute image storage restriction processing. The composition evaluation program further includes
Causing the computer to execute an object specifying process for specifying an object of an image to be input in the image input process by an input of an input device;
In the composition comparison process, the composition extracted by the composition extraction process and the composition indicated by the composition information stored for the object specified by the object specifying process of the composition information stored in the storage device for each object of the image are shown. The composition evaluation program according to claim 16, wherein the degree of coincidence of the composition is calculated by comparison. Image information input processing for inputting image information indicating an image and composition specifying information for specifying composition information indicating a predetermined composition, and storing the information in a storage device;
A composition extraction process for extracting the composition of the image from the image information input in the image information input process and storing it in a storage device;
The degree of coincidence between the composition extracted by the composition extraction process from the image indicated by the image information input process and the composition specified by the composition information specified by the image information input process is the highest. A composition matching portion search process for searching for a composition matching portion by a processing device;
A composition adjustment program for causing a computer to execute cut-out image generation processing for generating cut-out image information indicating an image obtained by cutting out a composition match portion searched in the composition match portion search process and storing the cut-out image information in a storage device. The image information input process receives and inputs image information and composition designation information from a predetermined terminal via a network,
The composition adjustment program further includes
25. The composition adjustment program according to claim 24, causing a computer to execute an image transmission process for transmitting the cut-out image information generated by the cut-out image generation process to the predetermined terminal via a network. The composition matching part search process is characterized in that an image having a size that occupies a range of a predetermined ratio or more with respect to the size of the image indicated by the image information input in the image information input process is searched as a composition matching part. The composition adjustment program according to claim 24. A first image acquisition process for acquiring first image information indicating a first image by an image acquisition device;
An image display process for displaying on the display device a first image indicated by the first image information acquired in the first image acquisition process;
An image storage instruction process for inputting an instruction to store image information in the storage device by an input device;
A second image acquisition process for acquiring second image information indicating a second image in a wider range than the image indicated by the first image information and storing the second image information in a storage device when an instruction is input in the image storage instruction process; An image photographing program characterized by causing a computer to execute. In the first image acquisition process, first image information is acquired by a first lens included in the image acquisition device,
28. The image capturing program according to claim 27, wherein the second image acquisition processing acquires second image information with a second lens having a wider angle than the first lens. 28. The image capturing program according to claim 27, wherein the first image acquisition process acquires only a part of image information that can be acquired by an image acquisition device. The image shooting program further includes:
A composition designation process for designating composition information indicating a predetermined composition by input from an input device;
When an instruction is input in the image storage instruction process, the degree of coincidence between the second image indicated by the second image information acquired in the second image acquisition process and the composition indicated by the composition information specified in the composition specifying process is Causing the computer to execute a composition matching portion search process for searching for the highest composition matching portion,
28. The image photographing according to claim 27, wherein the first image acquisition processing acquires first image information by using the composition matching portion searched in the composition matching portion search processing as a first image and stores the first image information in a storage device. program. An image input step in which the input device inputs image information indicating an image;
A composition extraction step in which the processing device extracts the composition of the image from the image information input in the image input step;
A composition evaluation method comprising: a composition comparison step in which a processing device compares a composition extracted in the composition extraction step with a predetermined composition indicated by composition information stored in a storage device to calculate a degree of coincidence of the composition . An image information input step in which the input device inputs image information indicating an image and composition specifying information for specifying composition information indicating a predetermined composition;
A composition extraction step in which the processing device extracts the composition of the image from the image information input in the image information input step;
The degree of coincidence between the composition extracted at the composition extraction step and the composition indicated by the composition information specified by the composition specification information input at the image information input step is highest from the image indicated by the image information input at the image information input step. A composition matching portion search step in which the processing device searches for a composition matching portion,
A composition adjustment method, comprising: a cut-out image generation step in which a processing device generates cut-out image information indicating an image obtained by cutting out the composition match portion searched in the composition match portion search step. A first image acquisition step in which the image acquisition device acquires first image information indicating the first image;
An image display step in which the display device displays the first image indicated by the first image information acquired in the first image acquisition step;
An image storage instruction step in which an input device inputs an instruction to store the first image information in the storage device;
A second image acquisition step in which the processing device acquires second image information indicating a second image in a wider range than the image indicated by the first image information when an instruction is input in the image storage instruction step. An image photographing method characterized by the above.