JP5195834B2 - Image display device, image reproduction method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display device, an image reproduction method, and a program.

  In recent years, with the widespread use of digital cameras, it has become common to store photographs as digital image data. In the case of shooting with a conventional film camera, it was often accompanied by printing, but in the case of image data, it can be browsed with a digital camera that has shot, or it can be browsed with a personal computer that captures image data, etc. There are also changes in the way photos are enjoyed.

  Under such circumstances, so-called digital photo frames are realized and popularized so that image data can be enjoyed in the same way as conventional print photographs. Such a digital photo frame can be used as an album terminal for reproducing a photograph taken and viewing it at any time, displaying a slide show, or storing image data.

  A digital photo frame that can connect to a network and send and receive mail has also been proposed. (For example, patent document 1).

  In addition, a method has been proposed in which information can be viewed by a plurality of people, information of a plurality of viewers is registered, and the display method is changed according to the people who browse. (For example, patent document 2).

  In addition, by adding image processing, for example, it has been devised that it is possible to generate and display an image with a different tone (for example, a painting tone) based on the original photograph. (For example, patent document 3).

  Furthermore, when a plurality of images are sequentially switched and displayed, an image that can effectively prevent an image unsuitable for display from being inadvertently displayed has been devised. (For example, patent document 4).

JP 2010-61246 A JP 2010-86914 A JP-A-8-44867 JP 2009-288507 A

  In the digital photo frame as described above, a plurality of images can be continuously displayed while being automatically switched by the slide show function. However, since the same image is repeatedly displayed, there is a problem that the user gets bored.

  In addition, when a plurality of people appreciate, there are cases where people who have seen the same image and people who have never seen it are mixed, and there is a problem that it is impossible to deal with such a case.

  In addition, there is a problem that it is not possible to deal with when someone else enters during viewing and an image that is difficult to see is displayed. With the technique described in Patent Document 4, it is possible to prevent an image that is not suitable for display from being displayed carelessly, but this technique prohibits display depending on the content of the image and determines who has seen it. I couldn't.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an image display device, an image reproduction method, and a program that can automatically cope with a plurality of people watching.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of images, a display unit that displays an image stored in the storage unit, an imaging unit, and the imaging unit. Face recognition means for recognizing a face from the captured image, and a person who viewed the image and the image by associating the face recognized by the face recognition means with the display image when the image is displayed on the display means Corresponding means, a slide show means for displaying the image stored in the storage means on the display means, and the face recognized by the face recognition means when the slide show means displays the image. A first determination unit that determines whether or not the image is associated with the image, and an image that is not associated with the face is selected based on a determination result of the first determination unit, and the slide There is provided an image display device characterized by comprising a display control means for the slide show by ® over means.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the storage means stores a plurality of images for each type, and a classification for further classifying the images stored in the folder into a plurality of types. The first determination unit determines whether or not the recognized face is associated with the image stored in one of the folders. The image display device described is provided.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 3, wherein, said classification means, according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a secret means for setting a secret flag indicating that restrict the display of the image An image display device is provided.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention according to claim 4, whether or not the image is an image in which the secret flag is set by the secret means in a state where the image is displayed by the slide show means. A second determining means for determining whether or not the display control means stage stops the display of the image when the second determining means determines that the secret flag is set, 4. The image display device according to claim 3, wherein the image is read and displayed .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the display control means includes means for converting an image stored in the storage means into a tone conversion image having a different tone and displaying it. An image display device according to claim 1 is provided.

In order to solve the above problem, an invention according to claim 6, wherein the display control unit, regardless of the picture adjustment converted image to the corresponding results of the determination means, according to claim 5, characterized in that to slide show An image display apparatus is provided.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a seventh aspect of the present invention provides a slide show by an apparatus including storage means for storing a plurality of images, display means for displaying the images stored in the storage means, and imaging means. In the image reproduction method for performing display, a face recognition step for recognizing a face from an image captured by the imaging unit, a face recognized by the face recognition step when displaying an image on the display unit, and the display image A correspondence step for associating an image with a person who viewed the image by associating, a slide show step for displaying the image stored in the storage means on the display means, and when displaying the image in the slide show step, A determination step for determining whether or not the face recognized in the face recognition step is associated with the image; and the determination step And a display control step of selecting an image that is not associated with the face on the basis of the determination result in the screen and displaying the slide show by the slide show step. .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 8 is provided by an apparatus including a storage unit that stores a plurality of images, a display unit that displays images stored in the storage unit, and an imaging unit. An image obtained by associating the computer with a face recognition unit that recognizes a face from an image captured by the imaging unit, and a face recognized by the face recognition unit when the image is displayed on the display unit. Corresponding means for associating the person who viewed the image, slide show means for displaying the image stored in the storage means on the display means, and when the slide show means displays the image, the face recognition means A determination unit that determines whether or not a recognized face is associated with the image; and an image that is not associated with the face based on a determination result of the determination unit. And-option, there is provided a read-executable program by said computer, characterized in that to function as display control means for the slide show by the slideshow unit.

  According to the present invention, an appropriate image can be automatically reproduced by a viewer.

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the display automatically disappears when another person is recognized by the secret function, so that even a photograph that the user does not want to show can be reproduced with peace of mind.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the image file structure of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the folder structure of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the address book of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the initial setting which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the image preservation | save concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the image mail reception which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the image reproduction which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the slide show display which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the folder structure of the image display apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an external view showing an image display device 1 to which the present invention is applied.

  On the front surface of the image display device 1, a display unit configured by a liquid crystal display panel 3 held by the main body 2 is provided. A touch panel 5 is integrally formed on the liquid crystal display panel 3 and can be operated by touching with a finger. An image pickup device 4 is provided on the upper left side of the front surface of the main body 2, and a memory card slot 6 is provided on the side surface. Further, a GPS antenna 7 is provided at the upper part of the main body, and a human sensor 8 is provided at the upper right side of the entire surface.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the image display apparatus 1. The image display device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 connected to the CPU 11, a RAM (Random Access memory) 13, and an internal memory 14. The ROM 12 will be described later in the CPU 11. A program for performing the operation shown in the flowchart is stored.

  The CPU 11 includes a face recognition engine 100 for recognizing the face imaged by the image sensor 8 and a picture conversion engine 200 for converting a photographic image into a picture-like image. The face recognition engine 100 has a capability of recognizing each face when a plurality of faces are captured in an image captured by the image sensor 8.

  The painting conversion process performed by the painting conversion engine 200 converts the image to be displayed stored in the memory card 60 into a painting-like image having characteristics of the painting, that is, a painting-like image having a specific effect, and converts the image. This is a process of displaying the subsequent picture-like image on the liquid crystal display panel 3.

  In addition, it is possible to select a target painting type, that is, a characteristic (image tone) to be converted into a converted image, when converting to a painting image. In the present embodiment, selectable image styles are oil painting style, watercolor painting style, pastel painting style, pencil painting style, crayon painting style, illustration painting style, point drawing style, and airbrush painting style. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to select conversions that take into account the characteristics of the painter, such as Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso. Further, another image tone algorithm can be provided by a memory card 60 described later.

  In the present embodiment, a program for converting into eight types of painting tone from oil painting to airbrush painting is stored, but the priority order is (1) oil painting, (2) watercolor painting, (3) Pastel stroke, (4) Pencil stroke, (5) Crayon stroke, (6) Illustration stroke, (7) Point drawing stroke, and (8) Airbrush stroke.

  The RAM 13 is a working memory in which the CPU 11 temporarily stores various data as necessary.

  The internal memory 14 is a large-capacity nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and a folder to be described later is formed so that a large number of images can be stored.

  The display controller 16 causes the liquid crystal display panel 3 to display images and various menus by driving the liquid crystal display panel 3 based on display image data supplied from the CPU 11.

  The key input part control part 17 inputs the operation signal of the touch panel 5 based on control of CPU11.

  The memory card interface 18 is an input / output interface that controls data input / output between the CPU 11 and various memory cards 60 that are detachably mounted in the memory card slot 6.

  The imaging control unit 19 performs control to drive the imaging element 8 and capture an image of the subject. The image data captured as Bayer data is converted into YUV and RGB data, compressed into JPEG data, and recorded in the internal memory 14 or the memory card 60.

  The GPS control unit 20 acquires position information based on information received by the GPS antenna 7. Thereby, the current position of the image display apparatus 1 can be known.

  The human sensor 8 is connected to the CPU 11 and detects whether a person is nearby. Therefore, if a person is not in the vicinity for a predetermined time or longer, the power is automatically turned off to save power (auto power off).

  The communication control unit 30 performs communication control including mail transmission / reception via the telephone line 31 or the wireless LAN 32.

  Reference numeral 33 denotes an address book used for mail transmission / reception. Actually, it is provided in the internal memory 14.

A backup server 40 is connected via a network, and backs up data recorded in the internal memory 14 automatically or by a manual instruction.
A distribution content server 50 has a large number of contents and images, and can distribute data to the image display device 1 via a network.
A personal computer 70 can be connected to the image display apparatus 1 via the communication control unit 30 via a wireless LAN 32 or the like, and can perform complicated settings that cannot be set by the image display apparatus 1.

  A power control unit 80 takes in AC power through the power plug 31, converts it into direct current, and supplies power to each unit. The auto power-off control described above is also performed.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the structure of the image file stored in the memory card 60. Each image file includes a header G1 having data such as EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format), image data G2 that is a captured image that is a main image, and thumbnail G3 that is a reduced image of the image data G2. including. Since the size of the reduced image to be displayed on the screen differs depending on the size of the display screen, a preview image for display may be created and stored separately from the thumbnail. In the present embodiment, the thumbnail including the preview image is expressed.

  That is, the image file conforms to a general digital camera file format, and can be used by simply inserting an SD card (memory card 60) imaged by the digital camera into the memory card slot 6. As the format of the image file, various formats such as JPEG, GIF, and AVI can be appropriately handled.

  The following is data specific to this embodiment. First, G4 is a personal identification code indicating who has performed an image saving operation by face recognition. For example, an identification code is assigned to each individual such as “1001” for a father and “1002” for a mother. G5 is a classification code further classified into work use, private use and the like. For example, a classification code of “01” is recorded for work use, “02” for private use, and “03” for travel use. This classification can be freely classified for one's own image.

  G6 is a secret flag indicating whether or not the image is to be secretly set. The secret setting is “1”, otherwise “0”. G7 is a viewer code, which identifies a person who is already registered by recognizing the viewer imaged by the image sensor 8 while displaying an image, and is not registered. If it is a new person, a new browser code is issued and recorded.

  G8 stores the number of times of browsing for each viewer. Although G7 and G8 are shown separately for convenience, the viewer code and the number of times of browsing are stored as a set. That is, if Mr. A sees this image twice, Mr. A's viewer code “1101” * 2 and if Mr. B sees three times, Mr. B ’s viewer code “1052” * 3. It will be.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a folder structure in the internal memory 14. In this embodiment, a folder for each individual identified by image recognition is created. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of one image file. Basically, a file is formed for each personal identification code G7 of this image file. For example, the folder F1 corresponding to the father's identification code “1001”, the folder F2 corresponding to the mother's identification code “1002”, and so on. Further, a subfolder SF is formed in a personal folder according to the image file classification code G5 or with a secret flag. For example, a work subfolder SF1, a private subfolder SF2, a subfolder SF3 with a secret flag set, and an image subfolder SF4 received by mail are formed. These folder shapes are logical folders, and the memory areas are not physically divided.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of the address book 33 configured in the built-in memory 14. 331 is an area for storing the mail address information of the holder called a profile, and 332 is an area for storing the mail address information of the other party to be transmitted and received.
M2 is an area where the mail address itself is recorded, and M1 is an area where the name of the holder of the mail address is recorded. Names can be assigned freely. M3 is an area for registering a personal face image of the corresponding mail address. M4 is an area in which the personal identification code described above is recorded. M5 is an area where various other information such as an address, incoming call rejection,.

  Hereinafter, specific operations of the image display apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts. In order to make the explanation easy to understand, the flowchart is expressed in accordance with the operation procedure of the operator, and the movement of the circuit and data will be explained accordingly.

  FIG. 6 shows a procedure for registering the face and the mail address in association with each other when the image display apparatus 1 is initially set. First, the user's own mail address is set (step S1). This is basically the same as the initial address setting for a personal computer or a portable terminal. By connecting the image display device 1 to the network environment, the image display device 1 is connected to the server 50 and acquires a unique address of the main body. The acquired address can be changed to an arbitrary address by an operation from the personal computer 70 connected by the wireless LAN 32 or the like.

  The image pickup device 8 is almost always taking an image while the power is on, but the face registration displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 3 when the operator displays his address on the liquid crystal display panel 3 (step S2). When the button is touched on the touch panel 5 (step S3), the CPU 11 recognizes the operator's face by the face recognition engine 100, and the operator's face is registered in the address book 33 (step S4).

  FIG. 7 shows a procedure when an image stored in the memory card 60 is stored in the internal memory 14 of the image display device 1 by inserting a memory card 60 such as an SD card into the memory card slot 6. First, the memory card 60 is inserted into the memory card slot 6 (step S11). At that time, since the image sensor 8 is photographing the operator, the CPU 11 performs face recognition using the face recognition engine 100 (step S12).

  In step S13, it is determined whether the personal identification code is registered as a result of the face recognition. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, since the folder is configured corresponding to the personal identification code, it is determined whether or not the recognized person's folder exists. For example, if the operating person is the father of the identification code “1001”, the folder F1 is selected (step S14), and if it is a new person who does not exist, a new identification code is issued and the face is registered. A folder is created (step S15). You may not be able to save images of people who are not registered.

When the save button displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 3 is pressed via the touch key 5 (step S16), the image recorded on the memory card 60 is copied to the corresponding folder.
That is, the operator can save the image in his / her folder without being particularly conscious. Thereafter, according to the menu, subfolder creation and secret flag setting can be performed by classification within the folder.

  FIG. 8 shows a procedure when a mail is received. If the e-mail address is not set in the image display device 1, the e-mail cannot be received in the first place, but if it is set, for example, the e-mail address (father@***.***.jp) of the father is received. Then (step S21), it is determined whether a folder corresponding to the received mail address exists (step S21). Since the folder F1 corresponding to the father's e-mail address exists, the process proceeds to step S23 and the e-mail is saved in the folder F1. If an image is attached, the image is saved in the image e-mail subfolder SF4. To do. If it is determined in step S22 that the corresponding folder does not exist, it is stored in the shared folder F6 (step S24).

  FIG. 9 explains the reproducing operation. The reproduction includes reproduction of an image stored in the internal memory 14, reproduction of an image stored in the inserted memory card 60, reproduction of only one image, and reproduction of a slide show.

  When the operator comes to the front of the image display device 1 in order to reproduce the image, the image pickup device 8 is picking up images, so the CPU 11 and the face recognition engine 100 cooperate to recognize the face of the operator (step S31). When the reproduction operation is started (step S32), it is determined whether or not a recognized face person is registered (step S33). If the face is registered, it can be estimated that the user is the owner of the image display device. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S34, and if the corresponding folder, for example, the recognized father is a father, the image stored in the father folder F1. The image stored in the shared folder F6 can be reproduced. Other people's folders such as the mother folder F2 and the sister folder F4 cannot be reproduced without permission. Then, the process proceeds to step S36, and a predetermined reproduction operation is performed.

However, since the face recognition engine 100 can recognize the faces of a plurality of people in the image, the contents of the mother folder F2 can be reproduced if the mother is also shown together with the father.
Note that control when a plurality of people's faces are recognized and people who are not registered are mixed will be described later.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a slide show playback procedure during the playback operation. When a reproduction operation corresponding to step S31 of FIG. 9 is performed (step S41), it is determined whether or not it is a slide show reproduction (step S42). If it is not slide show reproduction, the process proceeds to another process, and if it is slide show reproduction, the process proceeds to step S43.

  In step S43, first, the first image is read. As the slide show reproduction, there are reproduction within a specific folder, old order reproduction or new order reproduction, random reproduction and the like. In a succeeding step S43, face recognition of the currently viewed person is performed. Then, it is determined whether or not the face recognized in step S45 is the face of the person who has browsed before. As shown in FIG. 3, a viewer code G7 is prepared for each image, and once viewed, the viewer code G7 and the number of browsing times G8 are registered as a set. Therefore, if it is determined in step S45 that this image has been viewed by the current viewer, the process proceeds to step S46 and the image is skipped. If the image has never been seen, the image is displayed in step S47, and a viewer code is issued in step S48, and the registration of the face image and the addition of the number of times of browsing are performed.

  Next, in step S49, it is determined whether or not there is an interrupt. In other words, this is a process when the currently viewed person is changed or a new person is added while displaying an image. In this embodiment, face recognition is performed before selecting the image to be displayed, but the slideshow continues to display the same image for several seconds, so there will naturally be no people or increase or change in the meantime. Can be considered.

Here, a countermeasure is assumed when the image being displayed is not suitable for viewing by a person other than a specific person or the owner. For example, when a face of a person other than the family is detected, the process proceeds to step S50, where the display is stopped or another image is read and replaced. A specific image for replacement may be prepared. Although this interrupt processing is expressed at this position in the flowchart for convenience, it may be accepted at any time by an interrupt signal.
Also, when a new person other than the owner is added while displaying the image read from the subfolder SF3 with the secret flag set, the process proceeds to step S50 and the display is stopped or another image is read. Replace.

  If there is no end instruction in step S51, the process returns to step S43 to read the next image.

  That is, in this embodiment, when displaying a slide show, the same image is repeated over a long period of time, so there is a possibility of getting tired of viewing, and an image that has not yet been viewed by recognizing the viewer's face Is displayed.

  Although details are not described in the flowchart, when there are a plurality of viewers, an image that no one has seen> a mix of people who have never seen> all have seen Prioritize. That is, an image that no one has seen is classified as a first priority, an image in which people who have not seen it are mixed is classified as a second priority, and an image that everyone has seen is classified as a third priority.

  First, images belonging to the first priority are displayed as a slide show, and when all images belonging to the first priority are displayed, images belonging to the second priority are displayed as a slide show. If all the images belonging to the second priority have been displayed, the images belonging to the third priority are displayed as a slide show. If all the images belonging to the third priority are displayed, the slide show from the images belonging to the first priority is displayed. Run the display again.

  Of course, the above is an operation in a state where the number of viewers or members does not change at a certain moment, and each time the number of viewers or members changes, the first, second, and third are newly added. The priority category will change.

  Furthermore, images with a secret flag are not displayed from the beginning. It may be displayed only when the image is recognized as the owner of the image by face recognition. In this case, the display is stopped at step S50 at the moment when the face of another person is detected at step S49 as described above.

  Note that the images displayed by the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 relate to images that have not undergone tone conversion, and the images that have undergone tone conversion can be slid and displayed without any limitation. In this case, for example, on the condition that the slide show mode has been set, the images in a specific folder are converted and displayed on the condition that the slide show mode is set, and the images are converted and displayed in the oldest or newest order. Any of random image conversion and display may be used.

Second Embodiment FIG. 11 shows a second embodiment. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a folder for each holder is formed by a personal identification code. In contrast, in this embodiment, an example in which a plurality of memory cards are stored in the internal memory 14 is shown.

  Currently, there are many cases where a camera SD card, a mini SD card of a mobile phone, a micro SD card, etc. are kept as they are, and it is difficult to know which one is. Even when a plurality of SD cards are used by a plurality of cameras, there is a case where it is not possible to know which SD card is shot with which camera and what is recorded.

  Therefore, as shown in the flow of FIG. 7, for example, by inserting the memory card 60 into the image display device 1 without thinking about it, for example, the SD card (1) F11 of company A, the SD card (2) F12 of company A, Folders are divided into SD card (1) F13 of company B, micro SD card F14 of mobile phone,. Company A and Company B are the manufacturer names of cameras or mobile phones. Of course, the owner is clear by attaching a personal identification code by face recognition. That is, if the father who inserted the SD card (1) is the father, the owner of the folder F11 is the father.

  That is, as in the first embodiment, if the memory card 60 is inserted into the image display device 1 and the image is saved without thinking about anything, a folder for each card can be automatically created. It is suitable as a terminal.

  In FIG. 11, the lower folder stores images processed in some form. For example, F15 is a picture-converted image, F16 is an image with a secret flag set, F17 is a corrected image, and F18 favorite image folder is formed.

  Also in this embodiment, since the memory card inserted by the face recognition can be known, these folders may be provided as subfolders in the individual folders in FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image display apparatus 2 Main body 3 Liquid crystal display panel 4 Image pick-up element 5 Touch panel 6 Memory card slot 7 GPS antenna 8 Human sensor 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 Internal memory 16 Display control part 17 Key input control part 18 Memory card interface 19 Imaging control part 20 GPS control part 30 Communication control part 33 Address book 40 Backup server 50 Distribution content server 60 Memory card 100 Face recognition engine 200 Painting conversion engine

Claims (8)

Storage means for storing a plurality of images;
Display means for displaying an image stored in the storage means;
Imaging means;
Face recognition means for recognizing a face from an image captured by the imaging means;
Correspondence means for associating the image and the person who viewed the image by associating the display image with the face recognized by the face recognition means when displaying the image on the display means;
Slide show means for displaying on the display means the images stored in the storage means;
First determination means for determining whether or not the face recognized by the face recognition means is associated with the image when the slide show means displays an image;
Display control means for selecting an image not associated with the face based on the determination result of the first determination means and causing the slide show means to display a slide show;
The image display apparatus comprising: a. The storage means
A folder for storing multiple images by type,
Classification means for further classifying the images stored in the folder into a plurality of types;
The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first determination unit determines whether or not the recognized face is associated with the image stored in any folder . 3. The image display device according to claim 2 , wherein the classifying means includes secret means for setting a secret flag indicating that display of the image is restricted. A second determining unit that determines whether or not the secret flag is set by the secret unit in a state where the image is displayed by the slide show unit;
The display control means stage, when it is judged by the second judgment means that the secret flag is set, stops displaying the image or reads out another image to display it. The image display device according to claim 3.   The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit includes a unit that converts the image stored in the storage unit into a tone conversion image having a different tone, and displays the converted image. The image display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the display control unit displays the image-tone conversion image as a slide show regardless of the result of correspondence of the determination unit . In an image reproduction method for performing a slide show display by an apparatus including a storage unit that stores a plurality of images, a display unit that displays an image stored in the storage unit, and an imaging unit.
A face recognition step for recognizing a face from an image captured by the imaging means;
A correspondence step of associating the image and the person who viewed the image by associating the display image with the face recognized in the face recognition step when displaying the image on the display means;
A slide show step of displaying on the display means the image stored in the storage means;
A determination step of determining whether or not the face recognized in the face recognition step is associated with the image when displaying the image in the slide show step;
A display control step of selecting an image not associated with the face based on a determination result in the determination step, and causing a slide show display by the slide show step;
An image reproduction method comprising: A computer having an apparatus comprising storage means for storing a plurality of images, display means for displaying the images stored in the storage means, and imaging means;
  Face recognition means for recognizing a face from an image captured by the imaging means;
  Correspondence means for associating the image and the person who viewed the image by associating the display image with the face recognized by the face recognition means when displaying the image on the display means;
  Slide show means for displaying on the display means the images stored in the storage means;
  A determination unit that determines whether or not the face recognized by the face recognition unit is associated with the image when the slide show unit displays an image;
  Display control means for selecting an image that is not associated with the face based on the determination result of the determination means and causing the slide show means to display a slide show;
A program that can be read and executed by the computer.

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