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| 20090287996 | IMAGE LAYOUT DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE LAYOUT METHOD - The image layout device configured to enable users to lay out images includes a layout data storing unit configured to store layout data sets that specify image arrangement regions for laying out the images, a layout selecting unit configured to automatically select the layout data set from the layout data storing unit based on a number of the users, an image storing unit configured to store images, one or more position instructing unit configured to select an image to be arranged based on the selected layout data set from stored images, and provide an instruction regarding an arrangement location with respect to the layout data set for the selected image and a layout processing unit configured to determine whether or not an instruction from the instructing unit is executable and, if it is executable, arrange the selected image in accordance with the selected layout data set. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110074819 | IMAGE LAYOUT DETERMINING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - If subject types of a still image material and a panoramic image are different, for example if the subject type of the still image material is animal and the subject type of the panoramic image is landscape, a layout determination unit determines a representative position in the point image as a position for placing the still image material. If a point image is of the same subject type, the layout determination unit determines, as the position for placing the still image material, a position outside the area of the panoramic image near the representative position in the point image. Thus, if there are a plurality of still image materials shot with different zoom factors and corresponding to the same point image, the layout determination unit can determine the layout of the still image materials according to the zoom factor for each still image material. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074977 | COMPOSITE IMAGE CREATING METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR THE METHOD - In an aspect of the composite image creating method according to the present invention, an information processing apparatus executes the steps of: inputting material candidate images which are images composed of frames of a moving image and/or a plurality of still images that were taken by an image-taking apparatus; detecting a movement of the image-taking apparatus at image-taking time points of all or some of the material candidate images or analysis time points that are time points in a neighborhood of the image-taking time points; determining a condition for generating a composite image from among the material candidate images based on the movement of the image-taking apparatus detected; and creating a composite image based on the material candidate images and on the condition determined. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075945 | GRAPHIC ARRANGEMENT DECIDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A graphic arrangement deciding method includes the steps of: acquiring, by an information processing apparatus, photographed region information corresponding to information which identifies a photographed region and unphotographed region information corresponding to information which identifies an unphotographed region, from a wide-angle image; setting, by the information processing apparatus, order of priority of a partial region which is located at a desired position and has a desired size within the photographed region identified by the photographed region information, on the basis of an attribute of the partial region; and deciding, by the information processing apparatus, arrangement of one or a plurality of graphics associated with the wide-angle image, on the basis of the unphotographed region information and the order of priority of the partial region. Thus, a more attractive photo book is created with the use of an unphotographed part of an image having an uneven boundary region. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110221922 | SHOOTING ASSIST METHOD, PROGRAM PRODUCT, RECORDING MEDIUM, SHOOTING DEVICE, AND SHOOTING SYSTEM - The method includes producing first identification data used as reference; performing subject recognition on acquired images of subjects to obtain recognition images, producing second identification data, and matching the first identification data with the second identification data; tallying the acquired images based on matching results for each subject and by shooting tendency factor; judging whether a number of the acquired images or a proportion of the number of the acquired images of the subjects in respect of each of the shooting tendency factors is within a given range from tally results of the acquired images; and providing shooting assist so that the number of the acquired images or the proportion of the number of the acquired images in respect of the shooting tendency factor judged to be outside the given range is placed within the given range. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110242274 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The imaging device includes a template selector, a synthesis area selector for selecting a synthesis area for panoramic image in the selected template, a moving image acquiring unit, a detector for detecting/outputting the movement of the imaging device as movement information, a panoramic image producer for producing the panoramic image being a still image corresponding to the synthesis area from the moving images and the detected movement, a synthesized image producer for sequentially synthesizing the panoramic image into the synthesis area during moving image acquisition to produce/renew a synthesized image, a display for sequentially displaying the produced/renewed synthesized image on a display screen, and a storage for storing the template and the moving images, the panoramic image, and/or the synthesized image. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242336 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device for determining extraction conditions for extracting still images from a moving image according to a template and arranging the still images. The image processing device includes an image data input unit, an operating unit, a display, a material selector for selecting a template applied to layout data and moving image data, an extraction condition determiner for determining extraction conditions for extracting still image data from the moving image data according to a selected template, a moving image analyzer for analyzing the moving image data, a still image data extractor for extracting the still image data meeting extraction conditions from the moving image data according to analysis results, and a layout synthesizer for producing the layout data by positioning the extracted still image data in corresponding synthesis areas of the template. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120020648 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The image processing device includes an image data input unit for receiving data of moving images and still images; an image grouping unit for classifying the moving images and the still images into groups; an image analyzer for analyzing the moving images and the still images classified by group, and obtaining analysis information of the images, and information on relationship between the moving images and the still images; a frame image extractor for extracting frame images from the moving images according to at least one of the analysis information and the relationship information; a layout determining unit for determining a layout of the still images and the frame images according to at least one of the analysis information and the relationship information; and an image arranging unit for arranging the still images and the frame images according to the layout. | 01-26-2012 |
