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Patent No.:

US 10290135 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2016

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium storing a program that select images based on evaluations and lay out a main image on a main slot and a sub image on a sub slot in a template

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshinori Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Masao Kato, Kawasaki, JP;

Fumitaka Goto, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;

Masaaki Obayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Maya Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Chan S Park

Assistant Examiner:

Elisa M Rice

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06K 9/00268 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing method in which a feature amount is analyzed for each of a plurality of images as layout target candidates. First and second image evaluations are performed for an image of the plurality of images, in accordance with first and second (different) evaluation criteria. A main image to be laid out on a main slot in a template is selected from the plurality of images based on the first image evaluation for each of the plurality of images. A sub image is selected to be laid out on a sub slot in the template, which is smaller than the main slot, based on the second image evaluation for each of the plurality of images. The main image is laid out on the main slot in the template, and the sub image is laid out on the sub slot in the template.

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Mizoguchi, Yoshinori. (2019). Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium storing a program that select images based on evaluations and lay out a main image on a main slot and a sub image on a sub slot in a template (U.S. Patent No. 10290135). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10290135

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