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Apparatus, method, and program for editing images for a photo album
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 2010-01-15
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Granted: 2011-06-28
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Expires: 2030-01-15
Abstract
Abstract For generating photo albums on events such as weddings, the photo albums can always be generated in the same quality. A professional photographer photographs the bride and groom on a wedding. Images are read from a developed film and stored in a file server. A template used for generating a photo album is added with composition information representing composition of images to be inserted in image insertion areas therein. When an operator selects one of the images to be inserted in any one of the image insertion areas with reference to an editing screen having a catalog display field and a template display field, processing information representing a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position is generated based on the composition information so that the selected image has the composition appropriate for the image insertion area. The selected image is processed according to the processing information.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi Tsue
- 👤 Koichi Yamada
- 👤 Kazuhiro Mino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:35
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/0044; H04N1/00442; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00132; H04N1/00143; H04N1/00145; H04N1/00161; H04N1/00164; H04N1/00167; H04N1/00183; H04N1/00185; H04N1/00188; H04N1/00196; H04N1/00445; H04N1/00448; H04N1/00456; H04N1/00458; H04N1/00461; H04N1/00482
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
348 words
An image editing apparatus comprising: a display unit which displays various kinds of information thereon; an image display control unit which displays a catalog of plural images on the display unit; a template display control unit which displays on the display units the catalog of plural images and a template being used as photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of an image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing a correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to said predetermined image insertion area, in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined composition area and an image to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion area to have a composition in relation with each other; a designation reception unit which receives designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display means; an image selection unit which receives selection of two images, the one is inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and the other is inserted in the correspondence image insertion area, from the catalog of plural images; and a processing information generation unit which selects a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information of the predetermined image insertion area in accordance with a scene property of the selected image, selects a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information of the correspondence image insertion area with reference to the correspondence information, and generates processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding each image to be inserted in each area in order to process each image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
348 words
An image editing apparatus comprising: a display unit which displays various kinds of information thereon; an image display control unit which displays a catalog of plural images on the display unit; a template display control unit which displays on the display units the catalog of plural images and a template being used as photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of an image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing a correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to said predetermined image insertion area, in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined composition area and an image to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion area to have a composition in relation with each other; a designation reception unit which receives designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display means; an image selection unit which receives selection of two images, the one is inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and the other is inserted in the correspondence image insertion area, from the catalog of plural images; and a processing information generation unit which selects a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information of the predetermined image insertion area in accordance with a scene property of the selected image, selects a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information of the correspondence image insertion area with reference to the correspondence information, and generates processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding each image to be inserted in each area in order to process each image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
315 words
An image editing apparatus comprising: a display unit which displays plural kinds of information thereon; an image display control unit which displays a catalog of plural images on the display unit; a template image display control unit which displays on the display unit the catalog and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of an image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area to have a composition suitable for the correspondence image insertion area; a designation reception unit which receives designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; an image selection unit which receives selection of image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the catalog of plural images; and a processing information generation unit which selects a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area in accordance with a scene property of the selected image, selects a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area with reference to the correspondence information, and generates processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined area in order to process the selected image to have a composition represented by the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
315 words
An image editing apparatus comprising: a display unit which displays plural kinds of information thereon; an image display control unit which displays a catalog of plural images on the display unit; a template image display control unit which displays on the display unit the catalog and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of an image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area to have a composition suitable for the correspondence image insertion area; a designation reception unit which receives designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; an image selection unit which receives selection of image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the catalog of plural images; and a processing information generation unit which selects a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area in accordance with a scene property of the selected image, selects a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area with reference to the correspondence information, and generates processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined area in order to process the selected image to have a composition represented by the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
311 words
An image editing method comprising the steps of: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog of plural images and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined area and an image to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion area to have a composition in related with each other; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; receiving selection of two images from the catalog of plural images, the one is to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and the other is to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion area; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding each selected image in order to process each selected image to have a composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
311 words
An image editing method comprising the steps of: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog of plural images and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined area and an image to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion area to have a composition in related with each other; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; receiving selection of two images from the catalog of plural images, the one is to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and the other is to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion area; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding each selected image in order to process each selected image to have a composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
296 words
An image editing method comprising the steps of: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog of plural images and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area to have a composition suitable for the correspondence image insertion area; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; receiving selection of image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the catalog of plural images; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area, in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; and generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area in order to process the selected image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
296 words
An image editing method comprising the steps of: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog of plural images and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area to have a composition suitable for the correspondence image insertion area; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; receiving selection of image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the catalog of plural images; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area, in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; and generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area in order to process the selected image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
319 words
A computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an image editing method comprising: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog and a template being used as a photo album paper, the template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area, in order to an image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and an image to be inserted in the correspondence image to have a composition in related with each other; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on display unit; receiving selection of two images from the catalog of plural images, the one is to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and other is to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area, in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; and generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding each selected image in order to process each selected image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
319 words
A computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an image editing method comprising: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog and a template being used as a photo album paper, the template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area, in order to an image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and an image to be inserted in the correspondence image to have a composition in related with each other; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on display unit; receiving selection of two images from the catalog of plural images, the one is to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area and other is to be inserted in the correspondence image insertion; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area, in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; and generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding each selected image in order to process each selected image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
307 words
A computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an image editing method comprising the steps of: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted to the predetermined image insertion area to have the composition suitable for the correspondence image insertion area; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; receiving selection of image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the catalog of plural images; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area, in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined area in order to process the selected image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
307 words
A computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an image editing method comprising the steps of: displaying a catalog of plural images on a display unit; displaying on the display unit the catalog and a template being used as a photo album paper, said template having plural image insertion areas, each area attached with at least a piece of composition information representing composition of image to be inserted in the area, and correspondence information representing correspondence between composition information attached to a predetermined image insertion area and composition information attached to a correspondence image insertion area corresponding to the predetermined image insertion area in order to process an image to be inserted to the predetermined image insertion area to have the composition suitable for the correspondence image insertion area; receiving designation of image insertion area in the template displayed on the display unit; receiving selection of image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the catalog of plural images; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined image insertion area from the composition information attached to the predetermined image insertion area, in accordance with a scene property of the selected image; selecting a piece of composition information suitable for the correspondence image insertion area from the composition information attached to the correspondence image insertion area, with reference to the correspondence information; generating processing information including information on a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position regarding the selected image to be inserted in the predetermined area in order to process the selected image to have the composition represented by each selected composition information, with reference to the selected composition information of the predetermined image insertion area and the selected composition information of the correspondence image insertion area.
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