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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masaaki Obayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinjiro Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryosuke Iguchi, Inagi, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/387 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/387 (2013.01); G06K 9/00677 (2013.01); G06K 9/00684 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04N 1/00161 (2013.01); H04N 1/00196 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/627 (2013.01); H04N 1/00167 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for laying out images included in a plurality of image groups into which a plurality of images is divided in such a way that an image including an object of a type desired by a user is included in each of the image groups. A user instruction related to the object type is received, and a plurality of images is divided into image groups so that an image including an object corresponding to the object type is included in each of the plurality of image groups.