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Album generating apparatus, album generating method and computer readable medium
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 2007-09-13
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Granted: 2011-11-08
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Expires: 2027-09-13
Abstract
Abstract An album generating apparatus that stores a plurality of images, sorts the plurality of images stored per event based on image capturing environments, selects a main image that is to be a primary image in the album out of the plurality of images stored per event sorted, selects subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected in the album out of the plurality of images stored per event sorted based on the contents of the main image and determines a layout of the main image selected and the subsidiary images selected based on the contents of the main image selected and the subsidiary images selected.
Inventors
- 👤 Ayumu Isomura
- 👤 Shuji Ono
- 👤 Yasuhiko Kaneko
- 👤 Kimiko Tachikawa
- 👤 Shinsuke Zetsu
- 👤 Yasuyo Nenoki
- 👤 Masahiro Matsushita
- 👤 Hiroyuki Funakura
- 👤 Hideaki Yoshihara
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:01
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/50; G06F16/51; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00132; H04N1/00135; H04N1/00137; H04N1/00169; H04N1/00185; H04N1/00193; H04N1/00196; H04N1/00198; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0034; H04N2201/0037; H04N2201/0039; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0084; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3252; H04N2201/3253
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
301 words
An album generating apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to perform the function of: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per event based on image capturing environments; wherein said main image selecting section selects each main image per event sorted by said image sorting section; and said subsidiary image selecting section selects the subsidiary images respectively per event sorted by said image sorting section; a similarity calculating section for calculating similarity of the main image selected by said main image selecting section with each of other images sorted in the same event with the main image selected by said main image selecting section; wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects images which is less similar with the main image selected by said main image selecting section as subsidiary images per event sorted by said image sorting section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
301 words
An album generating apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to perform the function of: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per event based on image capturing environments; wherein said main image selecting section selects each main image per event sorted by said image sorting section; and said subsidiary image selecting section selects the subsidiary images respectively per event sorted by said image sorting section; a similarity calculating section for calculating similarity of the main image selected by said main image selecting section with each of other images sorted in the same event with the main image selected by said main image selecting section; wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects images which is less similar with the main image selected by said main image selecting section as subsidiary images per event sorted by said image sorting section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said image sorting section sorts the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per page in the album in accordance to image capturing times.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said image sorting section sorts the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per page in the album in accordance to image capturing positions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects images containing a subject different from a subject of the main image selected by said main image selecting section as subsidiary images.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects as subsidiary images, images containing a person different from a person in the main image selected by said main image selecting section as a subject.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects more subsidiary images when a number of images belonging to the event sorted by said image sorting section is large.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said layout determining section has a size determining section for determining sizes of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and of subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section in the album.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 7 , wherein said size determining section determines the size of the main image selected by said main image selecting section to be bigger than the size of the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said layout determining section has a disposition determining section for determining disposition of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
160 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a main person inputting section for causing one to input an image containing a main person in the album among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section and position of the main person in the image; a main person specifying section for specifying an image of the main person from the images containing the main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; and a main person image selecting section for selecting images containing the main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the image of the main person specified by said main person specifying section with subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images selected by said main person image selecting section.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
299 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; and said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
339 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal; and said layout determining section determines such layout that an area of the first main person and an area of the second main person contained in the page of the album containing the first and second main persons become almost equal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
89 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a template storing section for storing a template of the album containing said plurality of images; a characteristic color sampling section for sampling a characteristic color out of a plurality of colors contained in the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a template coloring determining section for determining coloring of the template of the album containing said plurality of images based on the characteristic color sampled by said characteristic color sampling section.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
84 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per page in the album corresponding to image capturing conditions when the images were captured; wherein said main image selecting section selects each main image per image capturing conditions sorted by said image sorting section; and said subsidiary image selecting section selects each subsidiary image per image capturing condition sorted by said image sorting section.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
42 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 14 , wherein said image sorting section sorts the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per page in the album in accordance to shutter speed when the images were captured.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
85 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a light source specifying section for specifying a type of a main light source when the image was captured from the contents of image of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said image sorting section sorts the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per page of the album in accordance to the type of the light source specified by said light source specifying section.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
108 words
The album generating apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a compositional similarity calculating section for calculating a degree of compositional similarity among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; and an image sorting section for sorting images whose similarity was calculated by said compositional similarity calculating section to be high in a same page from among a plurality of pages in the album; wherein said layout determining section lays out the page by using images calculated by said compositional similarity calculating section to be low out of the plurality of images sorted in the same page by said image sorting section.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
302 words
An album generating method, comprising: an image storing step of storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting step of selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step; a subsidiary image selecting step of selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected in said main image selecting step in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step; and a layout determining step of determining a layout of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per event based on image capturing environments; wherein said main image selecting section selects each main image per event sorted by said image sorting section; and said subsidiary image selecting section selects the subsidiary images respectively per event sorted by said image sorting section; a similarity calculating section for calculating similarity of the main image selected by said main image selecting section with each of other images sorted in the same event with the main image selected by said main image selecting section; wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects images which is less similar with the main image selected by said main image selecting section as subsidiary images per event sorted by said image sorting section wherein the above steps are computed by a computer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
302 words
An album generating method, comprising: an image storing step of storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting step of selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step; a subsidiary image selecting step of selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected in said main image selecting step in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step; and a layout determining step of determining a layout of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per event based on image capturing environments; wherein said main image selecting section selects each main image per event sorted by said image sorting section; and said subsidiary image selecting section selects the subsidiary images respectively per event sorted by said image sorting section; a similarity calculating section for calculating similarity of the main image selected by said main image selecting section with each of other images sorted in the same event with the main image selected by said main image selecting section; wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects images which is less similar with the main image selected by said main image selecting section as subsidiary images per event sorted by said image sorting section wherein the above steps are computed by a computer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
314 words
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album generating apparatus for generating an album, causing said album generating apparatus to function as: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per event based on image capturing environments; wherein said main image selecting section selects each main image per event sorted by said image sorting section; and said subsidiary image selecting section selects the subsidiary images respectively per event sorted by said image sorting section; a similarity calculating section for calculating similarity of the main image selected by said main image selecting section with each of other images sorted in the same event with the main image selected by said main image selecting section; wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects images which is less similar with the main image selected by said main image selecting section as subsidiary images per event sorted by said image sorting section.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
314 words
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album generating apparatus for generating an album, causing said album generating apparatus to function as: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section an image sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in said image storing section per event based on image capturing environments; wherein said main image selecting section selects each main image per event sorted by said image sorting section; and said subsidiary image selecting section selects the subsidiary images respectively per event sorted by said image sorting section; a similarity calculating section for calculating similarity of the main image selected by said main image selecting section with each of other images sorted in the same event with the main image selected by said main image selecting section; wherein said subsidiary image selecting section selects images which is less similar with the main image selected by said main image selecting section as subsidiary images per event sorted by said image sorting section.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
315 words
An album generating apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to perform the function of: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; a main person inputting section for causing one to input an image containing a main person in the album among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section and position of the main person in the image; a main person specifying section for specifying an image of the main person from the images containing the main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; and a main person image selecting section for selecting images containing the main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the image of the main person specified by said main person specifying section with subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images selected by said main person image selecting section.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
315 words
An album generating apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to perform the function of: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; a main person inputting section for causing one to input an image containing a main person in the album among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section and position of the main person in the image; a main person specifying section for specifying an image of the main person from the images containing the main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; and a main person image selecting section for selecting images containing the main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the image of the main person specified by said main person specifying section with subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images selected by said main person image selecting section.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
296 words
The album generating apparatus of claim 20 , wherein: said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; and said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
336 words
The album generating apparatus of claim 20 , wherein: said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal; and said layout determining section determines such layout that an area of the first main person and an area of the second main person contained in the page of the album containing the first and second main persons become almost equal.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
315 words
An album generating method the below steps being computed by a computer, comprising: an image storing step of storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting step of selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step; a subsidiary image selecting step of selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected in said main image selecting step in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step; and a layout determining step of determining a layout of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step a main person inputting section for causing one to input an image containing a main person in the album among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section and position of the main person in the image; a main person specifying section for specifying an image of the main person from the images containing the main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; and a main person image selecting section for selecting images containing the main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the image of the main person specified by said main person specifying section with subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images selected by said main person image selecting section.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
315 words
An album generating method the below steps being computed by a computer, comprising: an image storing step of storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting step of selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step; a subsidiary image selecting step of selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected in said main image selecting step in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step; and a layout determining step of determining a layout of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step based on the contents of the main image selected in said main image selecting step and the subsidiary images selected in said subsidiary image selecting step a main person inputting section for causing one to input an image containing a main person in the album among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section and position of the main person in the image; a main person specifying section for specifying an image of the main person from the images containing the main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; and a main person image selecting section for selecting images containing the main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the image of the main person specified by said main person specifying section with subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images selected by said main person image selecting section.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
296 words
The album generating method of claim 23 , wherein: said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; and said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
336 words
The album generating method of claim 23 , wherein: said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal; and said layout determining section determines such layout that an area of the first main person and an area of the second main person contained in the page of the album containing the first and second main persons become almost equal.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
328 words
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album generating apparatus for generating an album, causing said album generating apparatus to function as: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; a main person inputting section for causing one to input an image containing a main person in the album among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section and position of the main person in the image; a main person specifying section for specifying an image of the main person from the images containing the main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; and a main person image selecting section for selecting images containing the main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the image of the main person specified by said main person specifying section with subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images selected by said main person image selecting section.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
328 words
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon a program for an album generating apparatus for generating an album, causing said album generating apparatus to function as: an image storing section for storing a plurality of images; a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary image in an album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section; and a layout determining section for determining a layout of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section based on the contents of the main image selected by said main image selecting section and the subsidiary images selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; a main person inputting section for causing one to input an image containing a main person in the album among the plurality of images stored in said image storing section and position of the main person in the image; a main person specifying section for specifying an image of the main person from the images containing the main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; and a main person image selecting section for selecting images containing the main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the image of the main person specified by said main person specifying section with subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; wherein said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images selected by said main person image selecting section.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
296 words
The computer readable medium of claim 26 , wherein: said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; and said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
336 words
The computer readable medium of claim 26 , wherein: said main person inputting section causes one to input an image containing a first main person and position of the first main person in the image as well as an image containing a second main person and position of the second main person in the image; said main person specifying section specifies the images of the first and second main persons from the image containing the first main person and the position thereof and the image containing the second main person and the position thereof inputted from said main person inputting section; said main person image selecting section selects images containing the first main person and images containing the second main person out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section by comparing the images of the first and second main persons specified by said main person specifying section with the subjects contained in the plurality of images stored in said image storing section; said main image selecting section selects a main image out of the images containing the first main person and the images containing the second main person selected by said main person image selecting section; said subsidiary image selecting section selects a subsidiary image that is subsidiary to the main image selected by said main image selecting section in the album out of the plurality of images stored in said image storing section based on the contents of the subsidiary image selected by said subsidiary image selecting section; said layout determining section determines a layout of said main image and said subsidiary image so that a number of the first and second main persons contained in the plurality of images laid out in one and same page becomes almost equal; and said layout determining section determines such layout that an area of the first main person and an area of the second main person contained in the page of the album containing the first and second main persons become almost equal.
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