Patent ID: 8234568

Claim:
An image layout device configured to enable a plurality of users to lay out images, comprising: a layout data storing unit configured to store a plurality of layout data sets that specify image arrangement regions for laying out said images; a layout selecting unit configured to automatically select said layout data set from said layout data storing unit based on a number of said users; an image storing unit configured to store images; one or more position instructing unit configured to select an image to be arranged based on said selected layout data set from images stored in said image storing unit, and provide an instruction regarding an arrangement location with respect to said layout data set for said selected image; and a layout processing unit configured to determine whether or not an instruction from said instructing unit is executable and, if it is executable, arrange said selected image in accordance with said selected layout data set, wherein said layout data set is a template of a layout of said images comprising one or more image arrangement regions; and wherein said layout selecting unit automatically selects said layout data set comprising said image arrangement regions in an amount equivalent to at least a number of said users.