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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Tomioka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire timing information indicating timing at with which an object to be arranged to a template is output and corresponds to a combination of a plurality of types of attributes of the object, a first selecting unit configured to select an object corresponding to the combination, based on output timing at with which layout data is output and the timing indicated by the timing information acquired by the acquiring unit, a second selecting unit configured to select a template corresponding to at least one type of an attribute among the plurality of types, and an outputting unit configured to generate layout data with which the object selected by the first selecting unit is arranged to the template selected by the second selecting unit, and to output the generated layout data.