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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2007
Applicants:

Ayumu Isomura, Tokyo, JP;

Shuji Ono, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuhiko Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;

Kimiko Tachikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Shinsuke Zetsu, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuyo Nenoki, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Funakura, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideaki Yoshihara, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ayumu Isomura, Tokyo, JP;

Shuji Ono, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuhiko Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;

Kimiko Tachikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Shinsuke Zetsu, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuyo Nenoki, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Funakura, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideaki Yoshihara, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An album generating apparatus that stores a plurality of images, sorts the plurality of images stored per event based on image capturing environments, selects a main image that is to be a primary image in the album out of the plurality of images stored per event sorted, selects subsidiary images that are to be images subsidiary to the main image selected in the album out of the plurality of images stored per event sorted based on the contents of the main image and determines a layout of the main image selected and the subsidiary images selected based on the contents of the main image selected and the subsidiary images selected.


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