Patent Document ID: 8031226
Application ID: 11364246
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image output apparatus comprising: a moving image constituting image extracting section that extracts a moving-image constituting image from a moving image having a plurality of moving-image constituting images; a moving direction specifying section that specifies a moving direction, in the moving image, of an object included in the moving-image constituting image extracted from said moving image constituting image extracting section based on the change of position of the object in the plurality of continued moving-image constituting images; an image layout section that lays out the moving-image constituting image extracted from said moving image constituting image extracting section in an output area based on the moving direction of object specified by said moving direction specifying section; an image outputting section that outputs the moving-image constituting image laid-out by said image layout section on the output area; a template storing section that stores a template of an output area for which an image arrangement position and a moving direction of an object included in the moving-image constituting image to be arranged at the image arrangement position are predetermined; and an image selecting section that selects a moving-image constituting image, in which a moving direction of an object associated with the image arrangement position included in the template stored on said template storing section and the moving direction of object specified by said moving direction specifying section are identical with each other, from the moving-image constituting images extracted from said moving image constituting image extracting section, and said image layout section lays out the moving-image constituting image selected by said image selecting section at the image arrangement position in the template, wherein the template storing section stores a template of an output area of a page in an album.