Patent ID: 11887214
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. An image processing method comprising:
a step of setting a priority order for each element configuring a model album in a case where a number of pages of an album to be created is smaller than a number of pages of the model album;
a step of reducing the number of pages of the model album in accordance with the priority order,
a step of selecting, based on image feature value of each of a plurality of model images used in the model album whose number of pages has been reduced and image feature value of each image of a candidate image group that is used in an album, similar images similar to the model images from among the candidate image group; and
a step of creating a layout in which the selected similar images are arranged in templates of the model album whose number of pages has been reduced.