Patent ID: 8903200

Claim:
An image processing device for editing an image layout on each page of a photo-content commodity composed of a plurality of pages, the image processing device comprising: an image dividing section for dividing a plurality of images into a predetermined number of groups based on accessory information of the plurality of images; an image analyzing section for analyzing each of the plurality of images to generate image analysis information thereof; an image extracting section for extracting, for each group, a predetermined number of images from images included in each of the predetermined number of groups based on the image analysis information; an image arranging section for arranging, for each group, the predetermined number of images extracted by the image extracting section from each of the predetermined number of groups on a page corresponding to each of the predetermined number of groups; an image display section for displaying the page on which the predetermined number of images are arranged by the image arranging section; and an image editing section for editing, based on an instruction from a user, the image layout on the page on which the predetermined number of images are arranged by the image arranging section, wherein the image display section is adapted to display, in a display screen, an image editing area for displaying images arranged on a first page to be edited as specified by the user and a candidate image display area for displaying candidate images which are included in a first group corresponding to the first page and which are usable for editing the image layout by the image editing section, and wherein the image editing section is adapted to use the candidate images displayed in the candidate image display area to edit the image layout on the first page displayed in the image editing area based on the instruction from the user.