Album creating apparatus, album creating method and program therefor
First Claim
1. An album creating apparatus comprising:
- an album template storage section for storing a plurality of album templates to define a design form of an album;
a unit template storage section for storing a plurality of unit templates to define the design form of a partial layout region continuing in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the album template storage section;
an image storage section for storing a plurality of images placed on the album;
an image classification section for classifying the plurality of images stored in the image storage section for each layout region in which the design form is defined by the unit template based on the content of the image stored in the image storage section;
a unit template selecting section for selecting one of a plurality of first unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a first image group classified by the image classification section, and for selecting one of a plurality of second unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a second image group classified by the image classification section; and
an image layout section for laying out the image included in the first image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region of the first unit template selected by the unit template selecting section, and for laying out the image included in the second image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region in the second unit template selected by the unit template selecting section.
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Abstract
An album creating apparatus for creating an album with an appropriate layout dependent on the content of the image. The album creating apparatus according to the present invention includes: an album template storage section for storing a plurality of album templates to define the design form of an album; a unit template storage section for storing a plurality of unit templates to define each design form for partial layout regions continued in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the album template storage section; a unit template selecting section for selecting one unit template from a plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image in each image group classified into each layout region dependent on the content of the image placed on the album; and a layout section for laying out the image included in each image group into the layout region in the unit template selected by the unit template selecting section.
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15 Claims
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1. An album creating apparatus comprising:
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an album template storage section for storing a plurality of album templates to define a design form of an album;
a unit template storage section for storing a plurality of unit templates to define the design form of a partial layout region continuing in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the album template storage section;
an image storage section for storing a plurality of images placed on the album;
an image classification section for classifying the plurality of images stored in the image storage section for each layout region in which the design form is defined by the unit template based on the content of the image stored in the image storage section;
a unit template selecting section for selecting one of a plurality of first unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a first image group classified by the image classification section, and for selecting one of a plurality of second unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a second image group classified by the image classification section; and
an image layout section for laying out the image included in the first image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region of the first unit template selected by the unit template selecting section, and for laying out the image included in the second image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region in the second unit template selected by the unit template selecting section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An album creating method comprising:
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storing a plurality of album templates to define a design form of an album;
storing a plurality of unit templates to define the design form of a partial layout region continuing in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the album template storing step;
storing a plurality of images placed on the album;
classifying the plurality of images stored in the image storing step for each layout region in which the design form is defined by the unit template based on the content of the image stored in the image storing step;
selecting one of a plurality of first unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storing step based on the content of the image included in a first image group classified in the image classifying step, and selecting one of a plurality of second unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storing step based on the content of the image included in a second image group classified in the image classifying step; and
laying out the image included in the first image group classified in the image classifying step into the layout region of the first unit template selected in the unit template selecting step, and laying out the image included in the second image group classified in the image classifying step into the layout region in the second unit template selected in the unit template selecting step.
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15. 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 album template storage section for storing a plurality of album templates to define a design form of an album;
a unit template storage section for storing a plurality of unit templates to define the design form of a partial layout region continuing in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the album template storage section;
an image storage section for storing a plurality of images placed on the album;
an image classification section for classifying the plurality of images stored in the image storage section for each layout region in which the design form is defined by the unit template based on the content of the image stored in the image storage section;
a unit template selecting section for selecting one of a plurality of first unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a first image group classified by the image classification section, and for selecting one of a plurality of second unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a second image group classified by the image classification section; and
an image layout section for laying out the image included in the first image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region of the first unit template selected by the unit template selecting section, and for laying out the image included in the second image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region in the second unit template selected by the unit template selecting section.
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