Album creating apparatus, album creating method and program

• US 7,908,547 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2006
• Issued: 03/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Isomura, Ayumu, Ono, Shuji, Yoda, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton; Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): AMIN, MUSTAFA A
• Application Number:
  US11/410,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20060244765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,784 Days
• Field of Search: 715/204
• US Class Current: 715/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

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.

Claims

1. An album creating method comprising:

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,

further comprising storing sound captured with the plurality of images in association with each of the images, wherein

the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing depending the kind of the object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout step based on the sound stored,

wherein the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing according to the frequency of the sound stored.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as:

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,

further comprising a sound storage section for storing the sound captured with the plurality of images stored in the image storage section in association with each of the images, wherein

the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing depending the kind of the object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the sound stored in the sound storage section,

wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing according to the frequency of the sound stored in the sound storage section.

3. An album creating apparatus comprising:

a processor

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;

further comprising a sound storage section for storing the sound captured with the plurality of images stored in the image storage section in association with each of the images,

wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing depending the kind of the object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the frequency of the sound stored in the sound storage section.

4. An album creating method comprising:

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,

further comprising;

storing at least one of the moving image information before the image is captured and the moving image information after the image is captured in association with each of the plurality of images stored;

calculating movement of an object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout step based on the moving image information, wherein

the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing according to the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating step; and

wherein the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing in the album according to the frequency of the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating step.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as:

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,

further comprising;

a moving image information storage section for storing at least one of the moving image information before the image is captured and the moving image information after the image is captured in association with each of the plurality of images stored in the image storage section;

an object movement calculating section for calculating the movement of an object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the moving image information stored in the moving image information storage section, wherein

the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing according to the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating section; and

wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing in the album according to the frequency of the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating section.

6. An album creating apparatus comprising:

a processor;

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,

a moving image information storage section for storing at least one of the moving image information before the image is captured, and the moving image information after the image is captured in association with each of the plurality of images stored in the image storage section;

an object movement calculating section for calculating the movement of an object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the moving image information stored in the moving image information storage section, wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing according to the frequency of the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating section.

7. An album creating method comprising:

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 according to the image quality calculated in the image quality judging step; 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,

further comprising;

storing at least one of the moving image information before the image is captured and the moving image information after the image is captured in association with each of the plurality of images;

calculating movement of an object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout step based on the moving image information stored in the moving image information storage step, wherein

the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing according to the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating step; and

wherein the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing in the album according to the frequency of the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating step.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as:

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 the amount of designing according to the image quality calculated by the image quality judgment section; 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, and

further comprising;

a moving image information storage section for storing at least one of the moving image information before the image is captured and the moving image information after the image is captured in association with each of the plurality of images stored in the image storage section;

an object movement calculating section for calculating the movement of an object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the moving image information stored in the moving image information storage section, wherein

the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing according to the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating section; and

wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing in the album according to the frequency of the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating section.

9. An album creating apparatus comprising:

a processor;

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 determines the amount of designing according to the image quality calculated by the image quality judgment section; 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,

further comprising;

a moving image information storage section for storing at least one of the moving image information before the image is captured and the moving image information after the image is captured in association with each of the plurality of images stored in the image storage section;

an object movement calculating section for calculating the movement of an object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the moving image information stored in the moving image information storage section, wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing according to the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating section; and

wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing in the album according to the frequency of the movement of the object calculated by the object movement calculating section.

10. An album creating method comprising:

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 according to the image quality calculated in the image quality judging step; 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,

further comprising storing sound captured with the plurality of images stored in association with each of the images, wherein

the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing depending the kind of the object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout step based on the sound stored,

wherein the amount of designing determining step determines the amount of designing according to the frequency of the sound stored.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as:

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 the amount of designing according to the image quality calculated by the image quality judgment section; 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, and

further comprising a sound storage section for storing the sound captured with the plurality of images stored in the image storage section in association with each of the images, wherein

the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing depending the kind of the object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the sound stored in the sound storage section,

wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing according to the frequency of the sound stored in the sound storage section.

12. An album creating apparatus comprising:

a processor;

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 determines the amount of designing according to the image quality calculated by the image quality judgment section; 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,

further comprising a sound storage section for storing the sound captured with the plurality of images stored in the image storage section in association with each of the images, wherein

the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing depending the kind of the object included in the image laid out in the album by the image layout section based on the sound stored in the sound storage section,

wherein the amount of designing determining section determines the amount of designing according to the frequency of the sound stored in the sound storage section.