Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinjiro Hori

Hiroyasu Kunieda

Tomokazu Ishikawa

Takayuki Yamada

Tetsuya Suwa

Ryosuke Iguchi

Wakako Tanaka

Hidetsugu Kagawa

Kouta Murasawa

Akitoshi Yamada

Tohru Ikeda

Masaaki Obayashi

Nobutaka Miyake

Junichi Nakagawa

Hiromitsu Akiba

Fumitaka Goto

Yumi Yanai

Senichi Saito

Mitsuru Uratani

Kiyoshi Umeda

Mizuki Hayakawa

Kentaro Yano

Fumihiro Goto

Takao Aichi

Tatsuya Tanaka

Kazuya Sakamoto

Nobuhiro Kitabatake

Masahiko Kubota

Takeshi Yazawa

Manabu Yamazoe

Yusuke Hashii

Hideo Saikawa

Yoichi Takada

Tsuyoshi Santo

Tsutomu Shimada

Kenji Maeda

Kazuya Ogasawara

Yuta Ikeshima

Yoshifumi Fujita

An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory that stores a program which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to function as an acceptance unit configured to accept from a user a target impression of a poster image to be created, and a creation unit configured to create the poster image based on the target impression.

Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium

A calculation unit calculates a first error for a boundary region of an image represented by image data, calculates a second error for a non-boundary region different from the boundary region, and calculates an error between label data and an estimation result based on the first error and the second error. And an influence of the first error on the calculation by the calculation unit is controlled to be smaller than an influence of the second error on the calculation by the calculation unit.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program, and system

A control method for an image processing apparatus that generates a plurality of pieces of album data including a common page, which is a page common to all of the plurality of pieces of album data, and an individual page, which is a page not common to all of the plurality of pieces of album data, includes performing control in such a manner that cover image data corresponding to an image to be placed in a cover of each album is selected as individual image data or common image data.

Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

A first designation unit configured to designate a first image group, a second designation unit configured to designate a second image group, an analysis unit configured to analyze an image included in the second image group, a determination unit configured to determine a reference for selecting an image from the first image group, based on a result of analyzing the image included in the second image group, a selection unit configured to select a third image group from the first image group, based on the reference, and a changing unit configured to accept a change in a parameter that is obtained from the third image group selected by the selection unit are included and to produce a changed parameter. The selection unit is configured to select an image from the first image group by use of the changed parameter.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

An object of the present disclosure is to create an album having both the contents common to all persons and the contents in accordance with each individual. One embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus that creates an album for each main object, which consists of a plurality of double-page spreads including a common double-page spread used in common in at least two albums and an individual double-page spread corresponding to the main object and has a calculation unit configured to calculate a candidate number of individual double-page spreads that is set for all the albums for each album and a determination unit configured to determine the minimum candidate among the candidates calculated by the calculation unit as the number of individual double-page spreads for all the albums.

Apparatus, method and medium

An apparatus generates a plurality of albums including a first album and a second album and includes a page generation unit to generate common pages to be arranged in both albums and individual pages including a first individual page to be arranged in the first album and not in the second album and a second individual page to be arranged in the second and not in the first. The first album is album data that a first object is set as a main object. An image including the first object is arranged in the first individual page. The second album is album data that a second object is set as a main object. An image including the second object is arranged in the second individual page. A determination unit determines an arrangement order of the common pages and the individual pages.

Apparatus, method and storage medium

A control method for an image processing apparatus includes one or a plurality of specified pieces of image data and a plurality of evaluated templates. A plurality of layout images are generated by arranging the specified one or plurality of pieces of image data with respect to one or a plurality of slots included in each of the plurality of templates. At least one layout image out of the plurality of layout images is specified at least based on evaluations of the plurality of templates. The specified at least one layout image is output.

Control method

A control method includes outputting an estimated feature value based on first layout data generated based on a first album creation parameter, generating a second album creation parameter based on the output estimated feature value, generating third layout data based on the generated second album creation parameter and an image used for second layout data generated by a user, updating the first album creation parameter to a third album creation parameter based on a feature value based on the generated third layout data and a feature value based on the second layout data, performing verification of the third album creation parameter, and generating fourth layout data based on the third album creation parameter when a result of the verification of the third album creation parameter is a first result, and not generating when the result of the verification of the third album creation parameter is a second result.

Control method and control apparatus that generate layout data based on an album creation parameter depending on a result of a verification of the album creation parameter

An object of the present disclosure is to create an album having both the contents common to all persons and the contents in accordance with each individual. One embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus that creates albums for each main object, which consist of a plurality of double-page spreads including a common double-page spread used in common in at least two albums and an individual double-page spread corresponding to the main object.

A control method performs a learning loop and includes acquiring first layout data generated based on a first album creation parameter from a server to which layout data generated by a user is uploaded, outputting an estimated feature value based on the first layout data, generating a second album creation parameter based on the output estimated feature value, generating third layout data based on the generated second album creation parameter and an image used for second layout data acquired from the server, and updating the first album creation parameter and the third album creation parameter based on a feature value based on the generated third layout data and a feature value based on the second layout data. When the updated album creation parameter satisfies a predetermined condition, the updated album creation parameter becomes downloadable to a terminal device of a first user.

Control method in which, when an updated album creation parameter satisfies a predetermined condition, the updated album creation parameter becomes downloadable to a terminal device of a first user

A method of creating an album. The method includes a setting step of setting a first condition for generating a first page included in a first album and a second condition for generating a second page included in a second album, and a creation step of creating the first album including the first page generated in accordance with the first condition and a common page common to the first album and the second album and creating the second album including the second page generated in accordance with the second condition and the common page. At the creation step, by performing control to make the same a total number of pages of the first album and a total number of pages of the second album, the first album and the second album having the same total number of pages are created.

A control method includes acquiring first layout data and second layout data generated by an album creation application in a terminal device of a user and uploaded to a server, outputting an estimated feature value based on the acquired first layout data, generating an album creation parameter based on the output estimated feature value, generating layout data based on the generated album creation parameter and an image used for the acquired second layout data, and updating the album creation parameter based on a feature value based on the generated layout data and a feature value based on the second layout data.

Control method includes acquiring first and second layout data generated by an album creation application in a terminal device and uploaded to a server

A method for controlling an image processing apparatus including specifying one or a plurality of pieces of image data; generating a new template based on a feature of the specified one or plurality of pieces of image data, the generated new template including at least one or a plurality of slots for which the specified one or plurality of pieces of image data are laid out; and generating a layout image by laying out the specified one or plurality of pieces of image data to the one or plurality of slots included in the generated new template.

Control method, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus that generates album data including a plurality of pages has a page generation unit configured to generate common pages used in common in a plurality of pieces of album data and individual pages corresponding to a main object and a determination unit configured to determine, after sorting the common pages relating to generation-target album data based on an image capturing time representing the common pages, positions of the individual pages relating to the generation-target album data.

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Yokohama, Japan

Shinjiro Hori