Patent ID: 9014487
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire main object information specifying a main object in generation of a layout image; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire object correlation information specifying an object having a correlation with the main object; an extraction unit configured to extract at least one image including the main object and at least one image including the object having the correlation with the main object from a plurality of images, such that a percentage of images including the main object and images including an object having a correlation with the main object in all extracted images is equal to or higher than a predetermined percentage, based on the main object information acquired by the first acquisition unit and the object correlation information acquired by the second acquisition unit; and a generation unit configured to generate, using a layout template, a layout image in which the at least one image extracted by the extraction unit and including the main object and the at least one image extracted by the extraction unit and including the object having the correlation with the main object are laid out therein.