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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2006
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Funakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Funakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image output apparatus for automatically laying out a number of captured images in a composition without uncomfortable feeling and outputting the same is provided. The image output apparatus includes: an object orientation identification section for identifying the orientation of an object in an image; an image layout section for laying out the image within an output region based on the object orientation identified by the object orientation identification section; and an image output section for outputting the image laid out within the output region by the image layout section.