METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN ALBUM OF IMAGES

• US 20100115399A1
• Filed: 03/10/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Lui, Wing Lam, Van Der Putten, Jeroen Ronald Johannes, Kohar, Handoko
• Application Number:
  US12/531,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115399A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00196 Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum H04N1/0019 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2179 Interfaces allowing access to a plurality of users, e.g. connection to electronic image libraries

Abstract

An album comprising a plurality of pages, each page containing at least one image, is generated by allowing a user to select a style from a plurality of candidate styles S₁ to S₈, each candidate style comprising a plurality of layout definitions and each layout definition being for a certain amount of images 1 to 6, and allowing the user to place one or more images on a page. A layout for a page is then automatically generated on the basis of said selected style and the amount of images placed on said page.

Claims

1. A method for generating an album, said album comprising a plurality of pages, each page containing at least one image, the method comprising the steps of:

allowing a user to select a style from a plurality of candidate styles, each candidate style comprising a plurality of layout definitions and each layout definition being for a certain amount of images;

allowing the user to place one or more images on a page; and

automatically generating a layout for said page on the basis of said selected style and the amount of images placed on said page.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of candidate styles is stored in the form of a matrix.

3. A computer program product comprising a plurality of program code portions for carrying out the method according to claim 1.

4. Apparatus for generating an album, said album comprising a plurality of pages, each page containing at least one image, the apparatus comprising electronic circuitry operative to:

allow a user to select a style from a plurality of candidate styles, each candidate style comprising a plurality of layout definitions and each layout definition being for a certain amount of images;

allow the user to place one or more images on a page; and

automatically generate a layout for said page on the basis of said selected style and the amount of images placed on said page.

5. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said electronic circuitry is operative to store said plurality of candidate styles in the form of a matrix.

6. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the apparatus is an electronic photo frame.