Patent ID: 7751614
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An album creating apparatus comprising: a captured position specifying section that specifies a captured position at which a captured image constituting an album is taken; a color selecting section that selects a color to be used in a portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified by said captured position specifying section; and a color adding section that uses the color selected by said color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album, wherein the album creating apparatus further comprises: an image storing section that stores each of a plurality of captured images in association with each captured position; an image classifying section that classifies the plurality of captured images stored on said image storing section into a plurality of captured image groups based on each captured position; and an image arranging section that respectively arranges the plurality of captured image groups classified by said image classifying section in a plurality of arrangement areas in the album, said captured position specifying section specifies a captured region in which a plurality of captured images included in the captured image group classified by said image classifying section are taken, said color selecting section respectively selects colors to be used in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album based on the captured region specified by said captured position specifying section, and said color adding section uses the colors selected by said color selecting section to respectively add color to portions except the captured image in the plurality of arrangement areas in the album.