Album creating apparatus, album creating method and program
First Claim
1. An album creating apparatus comprising:
- an image storage section for storing a plurality of images;
an image layout section for laying out the images stored in the image storage section into an album;
an amount of designing determining section for determining the amount of designing in the album depending on the kind of object included in the image laid out by the image layout section; and
a designing section for designing a frame shape of the image laid out in the album by the image layout section in association with the amount of designing determined by the amount of designing determining section.
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Abstract
An album creating apparatus for automatically designing image frames depending on the kind of subjects is provided. The album creating apparatus includes: an image storage section for storing a plurality of images; an image layout section for laying out the images stored in the image storage section into an album; an amount of designing determining section for determining the amount of designing in the album depending on the kind of object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section; and a designing section for designing such that the larger the amount of designing determined by the amount of designing determining section, the more the designing section transforms from a rectangle the frame shape of the image laid out in the album by the image layout section.
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22 Claims
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1. An album creating apparatus comprising:
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an image storage section for storing a plurality of images;
an image layout section for laying out the images stored in the image storage section into an album;
an amount of designing determining section for determining the amount of designing in the album depending on the kind of object included in the image laid out by the image layout section; and
a designing section for designing a frame shape of the image laid out in the album by the image layout section in association with the amount of designing determined by the amount of designing determining section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An album creating method comprising:
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storing a plurality of images;
laying out the images stored in the image storing step into an album;
determining the amount of designing in the album depending on the kind of object included in the image laid out in the image laying out step; and
designing a frame shape of the image laid out in the album in the laying out step in association with the amount of designing determined in the amount of designing determining step.
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19. A program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as:
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an image storage section for storing a plurality of images;
an image layout section for laying out the images stored in the image storage section into an album;
an amount of designing determining section for determining the amount of designing in the album depending on the kind of object included in the image laid out by the image layout section; and
a designing section for designing a frame shape of the image laid out in the album by the image layout section in association with the amount of designing determined by the amount of designing determining section.
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20. An album creating apparatus comprising:
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an image storage section for storing a plurality of images;
an image layout section for laying out the images stored in the image storage section into an album;
an image quality judgment section for judging the quality of the image laid out in the album by the image layout section;
an amount of designing determining section for determining that the amount of designing is larger when the image quality calculated by the image quality judgment section is lower; and
a designing section for designing the image laid out in the album by the image layout section in association with the amount of designing determined by the amount of designing determining section.
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21. An album creating method comprising:
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storing a plurality of images;
laying out the images stored in the image storing step into an album;
judging the quality of the image laid out in the album in the image laying out step;
determining that the amount of designing is larger when the image quality calculated in the image quality judging step is lower; and
designing the image laid out in the album in the image laying out step in association with the amount of designing determined in the amount of designing determining step.
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22. A program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as:
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an image storage section for storing a plurality of images;
an image layout section for laying out the images stored in the image storage section into an album;
an image quality judgment section for judging the quality of the image laid out in the album by the image layout section;
an amount of designing determining section for determining that the amount of designing is larger when the image quality calculated by the image quality judgment section is lower; and
a designing section for designing the image laid out in the album by the image layout section in association with the amount of designing determined by the amount of designing determining section.
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