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| 20080211928 | Image output system, image operating apparatus, image method, image operating method, and computer readable medium - According to the present invention, the album including user's favorite pictures as main features can be easily provided. The system includes; an image capturing section which captures an image; a image capturing time measuring section which measures the time after setting the image capturing section ready to capture the image and while the user continues to operate the image capturing section to capture the image in each image capturing operation of the image capturing section; a ranking calculating section which ranks the image based on the image capturing time calculated by the image capturing time measuring section; and an output controlling section which displays or prints out the image ranked more highly by the ranking calculating section. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080266322 | Composite Photograph Creation System and Composite Photograph Creation Apparatus - A composite photograph creation system creates a composite photograph by pasting a user image at a previously determined user image combination position on a template image. The system comprises: a user terminal which sends the user image to one of transmission destinations independently assigned to a plurality of template images; a reception device which receives the user image sent to the one of transmission destinations; and a composite photograph creation device which creates the composite photograph by pasting the user image received by the reception device, at the user image combination position on one of the template images, in accordance with the transmission destination of the user image. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090116752 | ALBUM CREATING APPARATUS, ALBUM CREATING METHOD AND ALBUM CREATING PROGRAM - An album creating apparatus for crating an album by automatically selecting an appropriate image to be laid out in an image layout frame arranged in a template and laying out the selected image in the image layout frame is provided. The album creating apparatus according to the present invention includes: a classification method storage section for classifying images into groups in association with the kind of album; an image input section; a kind of album determining section for determining the kind of album to be created; an in image classification section for classifying the images into the groups based on the classification method stored in the classification method storage section in association with the kind of album; a template storage section for storing a template in which the image layout frame with which the classified group is associated is arranged; and an album creating section for laying out in an image layout frame the image classified into the group associated with the image layout frame to create the album. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20110085055 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, ALBUM CREATING APPARATUS, ALBUM CREATING METHOD, ALBUM CREATING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing section for capturing an image; a person determining section for determining whether the image captured by the image capturing section includes any person; an input notification section for notifying a user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted when the image determining section determines that the image includes the person; a personal identification information input section for causing the user to input personal identification information indicative of the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section by a predetermined timing after the input notification section notifies the user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted; and an image storage section for storing the personal identification information inputted by the personal identification information input section in association with the image captured by the image capturing section when the personal identification information input section inputs the personal identification information. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110141313 | IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM, IMAGE OPERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE METHOD, IMAGE OPERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to the present invention, the album including user's favorite pictures as main features can be easily provided. The system includes; a image capturing section which captures an image; an image capturing time measuring section which measures the time after setting the image capturing section ready to capture the image and while the user continues to operate the image capturing section to capture the image in each image capturing operation of the image capturing section; a ranking calculating section which ranks the image based on the image capturing time calculated by the image capturing time measuring section; and an output controlling section which displays or prints out the image ranked more highly by the ranking calculating section. | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20090022633 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER, HOLDING MATERIAL FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a holding material for a catalytic converter including a catalyst carrier, a metal casing for receiving the catalyst carrier, and the holding material wound around the catalyst carrier and interposed in a gap between the catalyst carrier and the metal casing, the holding material including a low thermal conductivity layer, in which the low thermal conductivity layer includes: a molded material containing an inorganic powder; or a composite material of a porous substrate with an aerogel. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090041638 | Catalytic converter, holding material for catalytic converter and production method thereof - The present invention relates to a holding material for a catalytic converter including a catalyst carrier, a metal casing for receiving the catalyst carrier, and the holding material wound around the catalyst carrier and interposed in a gap between the catalyst carrier and the metal casing, the holding material having a plurality of high-density sites which are spaced apart from one another in the holding material, each site having a higher density than sites of the holding material in which the higher density sites are not provided. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100143212 | HOLDING MATERIAL FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER - The present invention relates to a holding material for a catalytic converter including a catalyst carrier having an elliptical cross section, a metal casing for receiving the catalyst carrier, and the holding material mounted on the catalyst carrier and interposed in a gap between the catalyst carrier and the metal casing, in which the holding material has a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion in contact with a region of the catalyst carrier, corresponding to 40 to 95% of a major axis centering on an intersection of an ellipse and a minor axis in the elliptical cross section of the catalyst carrier, is larger than the second portion in contact with any other region of the catalyst carrier in basis weight. | 06-10-2010 |
