Patent ID: 11936821
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. An image processing apparatus capable of controlling (a) album data for a first subject containing a common page and an individual page for the first subject, and (b) album data for a second subject containing the common page and an individual page for the second subject, the image processing apparatus comprising:
(a) circuitry, (b) one or more processors and at least one memory, or (c) circuitry, one or more processors, and at least one memory, configured to function as a plurality of units comprising:
(A) a first determination unit configured to perform a first determination process which determines whether or not a predetermined image which the image processing apparatus has is an image already contained in the album data for the first subject and the album data for the second subject;
(B) a second determination unit configured to perform a second determination process which determines whether or not the predetermined image which the image processing apparatus has is an image already contained in the album data for the first subject;
(C) a specification unit configured to specify a change target for a page contained in the album data for the first subject, wherein (1) control is performed such that an image other than any of images already contained in the album data for the first subject and the album data for the second subject is specified as a change target for the common page contained in the album data for the first subject by performing control in such a way to specify an image which is determined by the first determination process not to be an image already contained in the album data for the first subject and the album data for the second subject, and (2) control is performed such that an image other than any of the images already contained in the album data for the first subject is specified as a change target for the individual page for the first subject contained in the album data for the first subject by performing control in such a way to specify an image which is determined by the second determination process not to be an image already contained in the album data for the first subject;
(D) a display unit configured to display the specified change targets; and
(E) a change unit configured to change at least one page contained in the album data for the first subject based on the specified change target according to a change operation for changing the album data for the first subject.