Patent ID: 8509564

Claim:
A graphic arrangement deciding method to be performed by an information processing apparatus, comprising: from a wide-angle image, acquiring photographed region information corresponding to i) photographed information which identifies a photographed region of the wide-angle image, and ii) unphotographed region information corresponding to information which identifies an unphotographed region of the wide-angle image, the wide-angle image created by superimposing a plurality of images including at least one of i) still images and ii) moving image frames, the plural images including subjects which at least partially overlap with each other so that overlapping parts of the subjects are superimposed with each other, wherein the photographed region of the wide-angle image is cut into plural partial regions; setting an order of priority of each partial region which is located at a desired position and has a desired size within the photographed region identified by the photographed region information, on the basis of an attribute of the partial region; and deciding arrangement of one or a plurality of graphics associated with the wide-angle image, on the basis of the unphotographed region information and the order of priority of each partial region, wherein the order of priority of each individual partial region is set on the basis of an area of the photographed area of each partial region per unit photographing time.