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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Takashi Hanamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Hanamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A complicated operation using a graphics application is necessary in order to create a cover attached to an album. Accordingly, when a cover image to be attached to an output object that includes a digital image is generated, metadata that has been associated with the digital image to be output is read in and the cover image is generating by making selective use of a cover template related to the metadata that has been read in.