Album creating apparatus, album creating method, and album creating program

• US 7,751,614 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2006
• Issued: 07/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Funakura, Hiroyuki, Ono, Shuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Ge; Yuzhen
• Application Number:
  US11/434,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20060268120A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,512 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 382/162
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00196 Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum H04N1/0019 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3263 of a graphical motif or symbol, e.g. Christmas symbol, logo H04N2201/3211 takes precedence

Abstract

A color scheme suitable for a captured position is performed on a portion except a captured image based on position information of the captured image. The album creating apparatus according to the present invention includes a captured position specifying section that specifies a captured position at which a captured image constituting an album is taken, an image storing section that stores a captured images in association with a captured position, an image classifying section that classifies a plurality of captured images stored on the image storing section into captured image groups based on the captured position, a color selecting section that selects a color to be used in a portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified by the captured position specifying section, a color adding section that uses the color selected by the color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album, and an image arranging section.

Claims

1. An album creating apparatus comprising:

a captured position specifying section that specifies a captured position at which a captured image constituting an album is taken;

a color selecting section that selects a color to be used in a portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified by said captured position specifying section; and

a color adding section that uses the color selected by said color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album, wherein

the album creating apparatus further comprises;

an image storing section that stores each of a plurality of captured images in association with each captured position;

an image classifying section that classifies the plurality of captured images stored on said image storing section into a plurality of captured image groups based on each captured position; and

an image arranging section that respectively arranges the plurality of captured image groups classified by said image classifying section in a plurality of arrangement areas in the album,

said captured position specifying section specifies a captured region in which a plurality of captured images included in the captured image group classified by said image classifying section are taken,

said color selecting section respectively selects colors to be used in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album based on the captured region specified by said captured position specifying section, and

said color adding section uses the colors selected by said color selecting section to respectively add color to portions except the captured image in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album.

2. The album creating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said image arranging section respectively arranges the plurality of captured image groups classified by said image classifying section in a plurality of pages in the album,

said color selecting section selects colors to be used in the plurality of pages in the album based on the captured region specified by said captured position specifying section, and

said color adding section uses the colors selected by said color selecting section to respectively add color to portions except the captured image in the plurality of pages in the album.

3. The album creating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the album creating apparatus further comprises a color palette information storing section that stores color palette information showing a combination of a predetermined plurality of colors in association with the captured position,

said color selecting section selects a color palette stored on said color palette information storing section in association with the captured position specified by said captured position specifying section, and

said color adding section uses a combination of a plurality of colors shown by the color palette selected by said color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album.

4. The album creating apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

said color palette information storing section stores color palette information in association with a country,

said captured position specifying section specifies a country in which the captured image constituting the album is taken, and

said color selecting section selects a color palette stored on said color palette information storing section in association with the country specified by said captured position specifying section.

5. The album creating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the album creating apparatus further comprises a captured time specifying section that specifies a captured time at which the captured image constituting the album is taken,

said color selecting section selects a color to be used in the portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified by said captured position specifying section and the time including the captured time specified by said captured time specifying section, and

said color adding section uses the color selected by said color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album.

6. The album creating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the album creating apparatus further comprises:

a captured time specifying section that specifies a captured time at which the captured image constituting the album is taken; and

a color palette information storing section that stores color palette information showing a combination of a plurality of predetermined colors in association with the captured position and the captured time,

said color selecting section selects a color palette stored on said color palette information storing section in association with the captured position specified by said captured position specifying section and the time including the captured time specified by said captured time specifying section, and

said color adding section uses the combination of the plurality of colors shown by the color palette selected by said color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album.

7. The album creating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the album creating apparatus further comprises:

a texture selecting section that selects a texture to be used in the portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified by said captured position specifying section; and

a texture adding section that uses the texture selected by said texture selecting section to add texture to the portion except the captured image in the album, and

said color adding section uses the color selected by said color selecting section to add color to the texture added to the portion except the captured image in the album by said texture adding section.

8. An album creating method implemented via one or more processors, said method comprising:

a captured position specifying step of specifying a captured position at which a captured image constituting an album is taken;

a color selecting step of selecting a color to be used in a portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified in said captured position specifying step; and

a color adding step of using the color selected in said color selecting step to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album, wherein

the album creating method further comprises;

an image storing section step which stores each of a plurality of captured images in association with each captured position;

an image classifying step, performed via the one or more processors, which classifies the plurality of captured images stored on said image storing section into a plurality of captured image groups based on each captured position; and

an image arranging step which respectively arranges the plurality of captured image groups classified by said image classifying section in a plurality of arrangement areas in the album,

said captured position specifying step specifies a captured region in which a plurality of captured images included in the captured image group classified by said image classifying step are taken,

said color selecting step respectively selects colors to be used in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album based on the captured region specified by said captured position specifying step, and

said color adding step uses the colors selected by said color selecting step to respectively add color to portions except the captured image in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album.

9. A computer readable medium encoded with an album creating program for an album creating apparatus that creates an album, the album creating program making the album creating apparatus function as:

a captured position specifying section that specifies a captured position at which a captured image constituting an album is taken;

a color selecting section that selects a color to be used in a portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified by said captured position specifying section; and

a color adding section that uses the color selected by said color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album, wherein

the album creating apparatus further comprises;

an image storing section that stores each of a plurality of captured images in association with each captured position;

an image classifying section that classifies the plurality of captured images stored on said image storing section into a plurality of captured image groups based on each captured position; and

an image arranging section that respectively arranges the plurality of captured image groups classified by said image classifying section in a plurality of arrangement areas in the album,

said captured position specifying section specifies a captured region in which a plurality of captured images included in the captured image group classified by said image classifying section are taken,

said color selecting section respectively selects colors to be used in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album based on the captured region specified by said captured position specifying section, and

said color adding section uses the colors selected by said color selecting section to respectively add color to portions except the captured image in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album.