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

Claim 15:
16. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a setting unit configured to set 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 reducing unit configured to reduce the number of pages of the model album in accordance with the priority order;
a selection unit configured to select, 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 by the reducing unit 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 creation unit configured to create a layout in which the similar images selected by the selection unit are arranged in templates of the model album whose number of pages has been reduced by the reducing unit.