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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Kitabatake, Tokyo, JP;
Mizuki Hayakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;
Shinjiro Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.