Patent ID: 8411321

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: an image input unit that inputs image data; a first image narrowing unit that calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on shooting date and time of image data, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large; a second image narrowing unit that calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on shooting date and time of image data photographed under a specific setting, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large; a weight synthesis unit that synthesizes the weight given by the first image narrowing unit and the weight given by the second image narrowing unit; a layout decision unit that decides a layout of image data to be printed and additional information of the image data; an image data extraction unit that extracts image data in a descending order of weight from the image data input by the image input unit; an image assignment unit that assigns the image data extracted by the image data extraction unit to the layout determined by the layout decision unit; an image color determination unit that determines a color with a highest appearance frequency of the image data assigned to the layout; and an additional information adjustment unit that adjusts a color of the additional information according to the color determined by the image color determination unit, wherein the first image narrowing unit counts a group of a plurality of image data photographed at a predetermined time under a specific setting as one group including a number of shots, and calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on the shooting date and time of the image data.