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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinjiro Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Uratani, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method for an image processing apparatus that generates a plurality of pieces of album data corresponding to a plurality of albums includes automatically selecting at least one piece of image data out of a plurality of pieces of image data as common image data corresponding to an image to be placed in a common page, which is a page common to all of the plurality of albums, based on an evaluation that is based on a first factor, and automatically selecting at least one piece of image data out of the plurality of pieces of image data as individual image data corresponding to an image to be placed in an individual page, which is a page not common to all of the plurality of albums, based on an evaluation that is based on a second factor.