Patent ID: 8169652
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A layout information generating apparatus for laying out an image provided by an orderer, comprising: a low-capacity image receiving section for receiving a low-capacity image obtained by reducing the capacity of an original image by the orderer; an output characteristic information acquiring section for automatically acquiring output characteristic information indicative of the output characteristic of an output device for outputting an image created by an image creating apparatus; an image selecting section for automatically selecting a low-capacity image to be laid out among the low-capacity images received by the low-capacity image receiving section based on the output characteristic information acquired by the output characteristic information acquiring section; a layout information generating section for generating layout information of the low-capacity image selected by the image selecting section; and a layout information transmitting section for transmitting the layout information generated by the layout information generating section to the output device and causing the output device to lay out the original image provided from the orderer and output the same according to the transmitted layout information, wherein the low-capacity image receiving section receives a low-capacity image and a color included in the original image corresponding to the low-capacity image, the output characteristic information acquiring section acquires output characteristic information indicative of a color which can be outputted by the output device, the image selecting section compares the color included in the original image received by the low-capacity image receiving section with the color indicated by the output characteristic information acquired by the output characteristic information acquiring section and preferentially selects the image more including the color which can be outputted by the output device as the low-capacity image to be laid out among the low-capacity images received by the low-capacity image receiving section further comprising an image cropping section for comparing the color included in the original color received by the low-capacity image receiving section with the color indicated by the output characteristic information acquired by the output characteristic information acquiring section and cropping a portion except for the other portion including a color which can not be reproduced by the output device as a low-capacity image to be laid out, wherein the layout information generating section generates layout information of the low-capacity image cropped from the low-capacity image by the image cropping section.