Printing apparatus, layout adjustment method, program and recording medium

A printing apparatus comprising:

• an image input unit that inputs image data;
• a first image narrowing unit that calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on shooting date and time of image data, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large;
• a second image narrowing unit that calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on shooting date and time of image data photographed under a specific setting, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large;
• a weight synthesis unit that synthesizes the weight given by the first image narrowing unit and the weight given by the second image narrowing unit;
• a layout decision unit that decides a layout of image data to be printed and additional information of the image data;
• an image data extraction unit that extracts image data in a descending order of weight from the image data input by the image input unit;
• an image assignment unit that assigns the image data extracted by the image data extraction unit to the layout determined by the layout decision unit;
• an image color determination unit that determines a color with a highest appearance frequency of the image data assigned to the layout;
• an additional information adjustment unit that adjusts a color of the additional information according to the color determined by the image color determination unit;
• a display unit that displays the image data assigned to the layout and the additional information according to the layout;
• an operation unit that receives an operation for replacing the displayed image data assigned to the layout with other image data;
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• an image reassignment unit that replaces the image data assigned to the layout with other image data through the predetermined operation received in the operation unit based on at least one of shooting date and time and weight of the image data input by the image input unit.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• an image input unit that inputs image data;
• a first image narrowing unit that calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on shooting date and time of image data, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large;
• a second image narrowing unit that calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on shooting date and time of image data photographed under a specific setting, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large;
• a weight synthesis unit that synthesizes the weight given by the first image narrowing unit and the weight given by the second image narrowing unit;
• a layout decision unit that decides a layout of image data to be printed and additional information of the image data;
• an image data extraction unit that extracts image data in a descending order of weight from the image data input by the image input unit;
• an image assignment unit that assigns the image data extracted by the image data extraction unit to the layout determined by the layout decision unit;
• an image color determination unit that determines a color with a highest appearance frequency of the image data assigned to the layout;
• and
• an additional information adjustment unit that adjusts a color of the additional information according to the color determined by the image color determination unit,
• wherein the image assignment unit assigns image data with a highest weight value to a largest frame in the layout determined by the layout decision unit.