Patent ID: 9471209
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A layout editing device that edits a layout in which a predetermined number of images selected from a plurality of images are disposed at predetermined positions, comprising: a screen display unit that displays an editing screen of the layout; an instruction input unit that inputs an instruction of a user for editing the layout; a layout editing unit that edits the layout, which is displayed on the editing screen of the screen display unit, based on the instruction of the user; an image analysis unit that performs image analysis of each of the plurality of images; a preference estimation unit that estimates a preference of the user based on an editing result of the layout and a result of the image analysis; an image evaluation unit that calculates an evaluation value of each of the plurality of images based on the preference of the user and the image analysis result; and an edit assisting unit that displays assist information, which is for assisting an editing work of the layout by the user, on the editing screen of the screen display unit based on the evaluation value of each of the plurality of images, wherein the preference estimation unit calculates importance of each person, as the preference of the user, based on a difference between the number of appearances of each person photographed in one or more added images, which are added to the layout based on the instruction of the user from unused images that have not been used in the layout among the plurality of images, and the number of appearances of the same person as each person photographed in one or more deleted images that have been deleted from the layout based on the instruction of the user.