Patent ID: 7609913
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A control method of an image managing apparatus for managing a plurality of images to be arranged on pages each having one of a first attribute which allows change of an arrangement position of the image, and a second attribute which fixes the arrangement position of the image, comprising the steps of: arranging the plurality of images on a plurality of pages on an image display unit in accordance with the attributes thereof; and changing the attribute after the plurality of images are arranged on the plurality of pages on the image display unit in said arranging step, wherein said arranging step includes a step of comparing the number of the images arranged on the page before the attribute thereof is changed, and the number of the images which can be arranged on the page after the attribute thereof has been changed, when said changing step changes the attribute of the page from the first attribute to the second attribute, and a step of rearranging a portion of the plurality of images arranged on the page before the attribute thereof is changed, onto another page, if said comparing step indicates that the number of the images arranged on the page before the attribute thereof is changed is larger than the number of the images which can be arranged on the page after the attribute thereof has been changed.