Patent ID: 9299177
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store at least one program; and a processor configured to execute the at least one program, wherein the processor determines a similarity between a first layout and a second layout, based on a number of one or more common images which are common between one or more first images laid out in a first template of the first layout and one or more second images laid out in a second template of the second layout, wherein the processor causes a display device to display the first layout and the second layout as two layouts that are successive in a display order in a case where the determined similarity is not more than a predetermined similarity, wherein the processor further determines a similarity between the first layout and a third layout, based on a number of one or more common images which are common between the one or more first images and one or more third images laid out in a third template of the third layout, and wherein the processor causes the display device to display the first layout and the third layout as the two layouts that are successive in the display order, in a case where the determined similarity between the first layout and the second layout is more than is more than the predetermined similarity and the predetermined similarity between the first layout and the third layout is not more than the predetermined similarity.