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Image editing apparatus and method and medium on which programs are recorded

  • US 6,727,909 B1
  • Filed: 02/18/1998
  • Issued: 04/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image editing apparatus for laying out a plurality of images in one page to create a composite image, comprising:

  • designating means for designating the plurality of images;

    selection means for selecting a template for predefining an initial position of each image; and

    layout means for laying out the plurality of images designated by said designating means according to the template selected by said selection means, wherein said layout means adjusts the position of each image such that each of overlapped areas of the plurality of images becomes smaller than a predetermined value if at least one image of the plurality of images overlaps with one or more images adjacent to said at least one image in the layout result.

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