"iAgent", an Image Recommendation/Rating Technique Enabling Automatic Selection among a Large Number of DSC Image

Most of captured DSC image date are not outputted with only few being printed in the form of hardcopy. One reason is the time and labor required for selecting frames to be printed. Thus, to promote the use of digital images, we have developed a new image rating technique called “iAgent”. First, DSC users were classified. Among various classes, a class for young family having the youngest child before school age and being the most active DSC user class was chosen in the present study. Their behavior of selecting frames to be printed was analyzed by direct observation and interviews. Basic four steps were extracted and logically implemented into “iAgent”. More than 60% of users are satisfied with the selection result of “iAgent”.