US 2004/0064339 A1 · Method, apparatus, and computer program for generating albums

Abstract

Albums are generated by efficiently classifying images recorded on a high capacity memory card. Image datasets, having location data representing photography locations thereof attached thereto, are transmitted from a personal computer to an album generation support server. The album generation support server calculates distances between the photography locations of the image datasets and a predetermined reference position, such as the user's home, based on the location data. In cases that the distance exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the image dataset is assumed to have been photographed during a trip, and is classified as an image for a vacation album. In cases that the distance does not exceed the threshold value, the image dataset is assumed to have been photographed in the vicinity of the user's home, and classified as an image for a theme album, the theme being an event that occurs in the vicinity of the user's home.

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Dependent claims

A method for generating an album based on album data including at least one image data set, which has been photographed during a trip and which has location data representing a photography location attached thereto, comprising the steps of:

calculating a distance between the photography location of the image data set and a predetermined reference position, based on the location data;
judging whether the distance is over a predetermined threshold value;
classifying the image data set according to the result of judgment;
and
generating the album data according to the result of classification.

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An album generating apparatus that generates album data including at least one image data set, which has been photographed during a trip and which has location data representing a photography location attached thereto, comprising:

a distance calculating means for calculating a distance between the photography location of the image data set and a predetermined reference position, based on the location data;
judgment means for judging whether the distance is over a predetermined threshold value;
classification means for classifying the image data set according to the result of judgment;
and
album data generating means for generating the album data according to the result of classification.

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A program that causes a computer to execute a method for generating an album based on album data including at least one image data set, which has been photographed during a trip and which has location data representing a photography location attached thereto, the program comprising the procedures of:

calculating a distance between the photography location of the image data set and a predetermined reference position, based on the location data;
judging whether the distance is over a predetermined threshold value;
classifying the image data set according to the result of judgment;
and
generating the album data according to the result of classification.

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A computer readable medium storing thereon a program that causes a computer to execute a method for generating an album based on album data including at least one image data set, which has been photographed during a trip and which has location data representing a photography location attached thereto, the program comprising the procedures of:

calculating a distance between the photography location of the image data set and a predetermined reference position, based on the location data;
judging whether the distance is over a predetermined threshold value;
classifying the image data set according to the result of judgment;
and
generating the album data according to the result of classification.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method, apparatus, and computer program for generating albums

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Method, apparatus, and computer program for generating albums

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