US20080107331A1 — Album creating apparatus, album creating method a…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 87 words

1 . An album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, comprising: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; an image color analyzing section for analyzing a color in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album color determining section for determining colors used for a region other than the image in the album including the image based on the result of analysis of the image color analyzing section.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 87 words

1 . An album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, comprising: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; an image color analyzing section for analyzing a color in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album color determining section for determining colors used for a region other than the image in the album including the image based on the result of analysis of the image color analyzing section.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 162 words

2 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image color analyzing section including: a color extraction section for extracting a plurality of colors included in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and a appearance frequency of color calculating section for calculating the appearance frequency of the plurality of colors extracted by the color extraction section, and wherein the album color determining section including: a characteristic color determining section for determining a characteristic color in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section based on the appearance frequency of the plurality of colors calculated by the color appearance calculating section; and an album color selecting section for selecting a color used for the album which is used in the region other than the image in the album including the image based on the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 74 words

3 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising a color pallet information storage section for storing plural pieces of information on a color pallet indicative of a plurality of predetermined color combinations, wherein the album color selecting section selects the color pallet including the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section and selects the color included in the selected color pallet as a color used for the album.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 98 words

4 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the characteristic color determining section determines a plurality of characteristic colors in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section based on the appearance frequency of the plurality of colors calculated by the appearance frequency of color calculating section, and the album color selecting section selects the color pallet including the plurality of characteristic colors determined by the characteristic color determining section and selects the color included in the selected color pallet as the color used for the album.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 122 words

5 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the album color determining section further including: an average appearance frequency information storage section for previously storing an average appearance frequency indicative of the average frequency at which each of the plurality of colors can appear in the image in association with each of the plurality of colors, wherein the characteristic color determining section determines that a color of which ratio of the appearance frequency calculated by the appearance frequency of color calculating section to the average appearance frequency stored in the average frequency appearance information storage section is larger is the characteristic color in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 126 words

6 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising an image-capturing position identifying section for identifying a position at which the image is captured, wherein the color pallet information storage section stores information on the color pallet indicative of a plurality of predetermined color combinations in association with the image-capturing position, and the album color selecting section selects a plurality of color pallets stored in the color pallet information storage section in association with the image-capturing position identified by the image-capturing position identifying section, selects the color pallet including the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section from the plurality of selected color pallets and selects the color included in the selected color pallet as the color used for the album.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 174 words

7 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising: an image storage section for storing a plurality of images; and a main image selecting section for selecting a main image in the album among the plurality of images stored in the image storage section, wherein the color extraction section extracts a plurality of colors included in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section in the main image selected by the main image selecting section, the appearance frequency of color calculating section calculates the appearance frequency of the plurality of colors extracted by the color extraction section in the main image selected by the main image selecting section, and the characteristic color determining section determines a characteristic color in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section based on the appearance frequency of the plurality of colors calculated by the appearance frequency of color calculating section in the main image selected by the main image selecting section.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 60 words

8 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 7 further comprising a sub-image selecting section for selecting a sub-image to be subordinate to the main image selected by the main image selecting section in the album among the plurality of images stored in the image storage section based on the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 151 words

9 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the color extraction section extracts a plurality of colors included in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section in the plurality of images stored in the image storage section, the characteristic color determining section determines the characteristic color in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section based on the appearance frequency of the plurality of colors calculated by the appearance frequency of color calculating section, and the sub-image selecting section selects the color pallet including the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section in the main image selected by the main image selecting section and selects as a sub-image the image including the color included in the selected color pallet as the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 109 words

10 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the album color determining section further including: a color pallet information storage section for storing plural pieces of information on the color pallet indicative of a plurality of predetermined color combinations; and a color pallet selecting section for selecting the color pallet including the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section, and wherein the album color selecting section extracts a similar color most similar to at least one of colors included in the color pallet selected by the color pallet selecting section and selects the extracted similar color as the color used for the album.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 123 words

11 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the album color determining section further including: an extraction condition storage section for storing an extraction condition to extract as the similar color in association with each of the colors included in the color pallet stored in the color pallet information storage section, wherein the album color selecting section extracts as the similar color the color conformed to the extraction condition stored in the extraction condition storage section in association with each of the colors included in the color pallet selected by the color pallet selecting section among the plurality of colors extracted by the color extraction section and selects the extracted similar color as the color used for the album.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 121 words

12 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the extraction condition storage section stores a color range from which the similar colors including the colors in the color pallets are extracted in association with each of the colors in the color pallet stored in the color pallet information storage section, and the album color selecting section extracts as the similar color the color included in the color range stored in the extraction condition storage section in association with each of the colors in the color pallet selected by the color pallet selecting section among the plurality of colors extracted by the color extraction section and selects the extracted similar color as the color used for the album.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 86 words

13 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising: a texture extraction section for extracting the amount of characteristic of texture from an object which is included in the image and has the characteristic color determined by the characteristic color determining section; and an album creating section for laying out a texture template image generated based on the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted by the texture extraction section into the region other than the image in the album including the album.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 70 words

14 . An album creating method for creating an album including an image, comprising: determining a main subject of the image; analyzing a color in an image region other than the main subject determined in the main subject determining step; and determining a color used for a region other than the image in the album including the image based on the result of analysis of the image color analyzing step.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 70 words

14 . An album creating method for creating an album including an image, comprising: determining a main subject of the image; analyzing a color in an image region other than the main subject determined in the main subject determining step; and determining a color used for a region other than the image in the album including the image based on the result of analysis of the image color analyzing step.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 105 words

15 . A computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; an image color analyzing section for analyzing a color in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album color determining section for determining colors used for a region other than the image in the album including an image based on the result of analysis of the image color analyzing section.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 105 words

15 . A computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; an image color analyzing section for analyzing a color in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album color determining section for determining colors used for a region other than the image in the album including an image based on the result of analysis of the image color analyzing section.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 97 words

16 . An album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, comprising: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; a texture extraction section for extracting the amount of characteristic of texture included in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album creating section for laying out a texture template image generated based on the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted by the texture extraction section into a region other than the image in the album including the image.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 97 words

16 . An album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, comprising: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; a texture extraction section for extracting the amount of characteristic of texture included in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album creating section for laying out a texture template image generated based on the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted by the texture extraction section into a region other than the image in the album including the image.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 86 words

17 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the texture extraction section analyzes special frequency in the image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section to extract a characteristic frequency domain in the image region other than the main subject, and the album creating section lays out a texture template image generated by enhancing the frequency domain extracted by the texture extraction section into the region other than the image in the album including the image.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 104 words

18 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 17 further comprising a template storage section for storing a background template to define the design for the region other than the image in the album including the image, wherein the album creating section generates a luminance signal pattern in which the frequency domain extracted by the texture extraction section is enhanced, generates a texture template image by superimposing the generated luminance signal pattern on the background template stored in the template storage section and lays out the generated texture template image into the region other than the image in the album including the image.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 85 words

19 . The album creating apparatus according to claim 16 further including a texture template storage section for storing the texture template image having the amount of characteristic of the texture in association with the amount of characteristic, wherein the album creating section lays out the texture template image stored in the texture template storage section into the region other than the image in the album including the image in association with the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted by the texture extraction section.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 81 words

20 . An album creating method for creating an album including an image, comprising: determining a main subject of the image; extracting the amount of characteristic of texture included in an image region other than the main subject determined in the main subject determining step; and laying out a texture template image generated based on the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted in the texture extracting step into a region other than the image in the album including the image.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 81 words

20 . An album creating method for creating an album including an image, comprising: determining a main subject of the image; extracting the amount of characteristic of texture included in an image region other than the main subject determined in the main subject determining step; and laying out a texture template image generated based on the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted in the texture extracting step into a region other than the image in the album including the image.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 115 words

21 . A computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; a texture extraction section for extracting the amount of characteristic of texture included in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album creating section for laying out a texture template image generated based on the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted by the texture extraction section into a region other than the image in the album including the image.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 115 words

21 . A computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album creating apparatus for creating an album including an image, the program operates the album creating apparatus to function as: a main subject determining section for determining a main subject of the image; a texture extraction section for extracting the amount of characteristic of texture included in an image region other than the main subject determined by the main subject determining section; and an album creating section for laying out a texture template image generated based on the amount of characteristic of the texture extracted by the texture extraction section into a region other than the image in the album including the image.

Album creating apparatus, album creating method and computer readable medium storing thereon program therefor

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