Patent ID: 7773782

Claim:
An image output apparatus comprising: an object orientation identification section for identifying the orientation of an object in an image; an image layout section for laying out the image within an output region based on the object orientation identified by the object orientation identification section, wherein the image layout section lays out the image such that the object orientation identified by the object orientation identification section faces to the center of the output region; a template storage section for storing a template for the output region in which an image layout position and the object orientation included in the image to be disposed at the image layout position are previously determined; an image selecting section for selecting the image in which the object orientation associated with the image layout position included in the template stored in the template storage section is corresponded to the object orientation identified by the object orientation identification section, wherein the image layout section lays out the image at the image layout position in the template selected by the image selecting section; and an image output section for outputting the image laid out within the output region by the image layout section.