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US 8,526,741 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for processing image
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuji Akiyama
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Abstract
For automatically laying out a plurality of images, the present invention includes an image input unit which inputs an image; an analysis unit which analyzes the orientation of a principal object and the position of the principal object in the image from the image input by the image input unit; and a layout unit which places the image in accordance with the information analyzed by the analysis unit.
Claims9
An apparatus which automatically places a plurality of images in an image layout, the apparatus comprising:
- a selection unit configured to select an image data from the plurality of images;
- a specifying unit configured to specify a main subject position of a principal object in the image data selected by the image selection unit;
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- a layout unit configured to determine a layout position where the image data is to be placed in the image layout based on the specifying of the specifying unit, wherein, in response to the specifying unit specifying the main subject position of the principal object in the image data, the layout unit determines the layout position where the image data is to be placed,
- wherein the layout unit determines that the layout position of the image data selected by the selection unit is to be a right side in the image layout if an orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing leftward by the specifying unit,
- wherein the layout unit determines that the layout position of the image data selected by the selection unit is to be a left side in the image layout if the orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing rightward by the specifying unit,
- wherein the layout unit determines that the layout position of the image data selected by the selection unit is to be a right side in the image layout if the orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing to a center by the specifying unit and the main subject position of the principal object is specified as a left side in the image data, and
- wherein the layout unit determines that the layout position of the image data selected by the selection unit is to be a left side in the image layout if the orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing to a center by the specifying unit and the main subject position of the principal object is specified as a right side in the image data.
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An automatic layout method for an apparatus which automatically places a plurality of images in an image layout, the automatic layout method comprising:
- selecting an image data from the plurality of images;
- specifying a main subject position of a principal object in the selected image data;
- and determining a layout position where the image data is to be placed in the image layout based on the specifying, wherein, in response to specifying the main subject position of the principal object in the image data, determining includes determining the layout position where the image data is to be placed,
- wherein determining includes determining that the layout position of the selected image data is to be a right side in the image layout if an orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing leftward,
- wherein determining includes determining that the layout position of the selected image data is to be a left side in the image layout if the orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing rightward,
- wherein determining includes determining that the layout position of the selected image data is to be a right side in the image layout if the orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing to a center and the main subject position of the principal object is specified as a left side in the image data, and
- wherein determining includes determining that the layout position of the selected image data is to be a left side in the image layout if the orientation of the principal object in the image data is specified as facing to a center and the main subject position of the principal object is specified as a right side in the image data.
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