Patent ID: 8681257
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for editing layout positions of a plurality of image data and laying out the plurality of image data, comprising: an image data obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of image data captured by an image capturing apparatus; a designation unit configured to designate an image group as an editing target in the plurality of image data obtained by said image data obtaining unit; a determination unit configured to determine a main object in each image data of the image group; a first positional relationship determination unit configured to calculate a size of a portion of the main object, determined by said determination unit, in each image data of the image group; and a layout determination unit configured (1) to determine, based on the size of the portion of the main object calculated by said first positional relationship determination unit, a layout order and image sizes of the image data of the image group on a layout plane and (2) to lay out the image data of the image group on the layout plane, wherein said first positional relationship determination unit further determines a depth-direction positional relationship between the main object in each image data of the image group and the image capturing apparatus by comparing the calculated sizes of the portions of the main objects of the image group, and wherein said layout determination unit determines, based on the depth-direction positional relationship determined by said first positional relationship determination unit, the image sizes to cause image data having a closer depth-direction relative positional relationship between the main object and the image capturing apparatus to have a larger image size.