Patent Document ID: 7835580
Application ID: 11451405
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An album creating apparatus comprising: an album template storage section for storing a plurality of album templates to define a design form of an album; a unit template storage section for storing a plurality of unit templates to define the design form of a partial layout region continuing in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the album template storage section; an image storage section for storing a plurality of images placed on the album; an image classification section for classifying the plurality of images stored in the image storage section for each layout region in which the design form is defined by the unit template based on the content of the image stored in the image storage section; a unit template selecting section for selecting one of a plurality of first unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a first image group classified by the image classification section, and for selecting one of a plurality of second unit templates included in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image included in a second image group classified by the image classification section; and an image layout section for laying out the image included in the first image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region of the first unit template selected by the unit template selecting section, and for laying out the image included in the second image group classified by the image classification section into the layout region in the second unit template selected by the unit template selecting section, wherein the unit template storage section including: a first design form template storage section for storing a unit template to define a design form similar to the first design form; and a second design form template storage section for storing a unit template to define a design form similar to a second design form different from the first design form, and wherein the unit template selecting section selects one of the plurality of second unit templates stored in the first design form template storage section when the unit template selecting section selects one of the plurality of first unit templates stored in the first design form template storage section, and selects one of the plurality of second unit templates stored in the second design form template storage section when the unit template selecting section selects one of the plurality of first unit templates stored in the second design form template storage section.