Patent Document ID: 7746487
Application ID: 11020576
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image editing apparatus comprising: display means for carrying out various kinds of display; image display control means for displaying a catalog of images on the display means; template display control means for displaying a template, which is represented by template data, used as photo album paper on the display means together with the catalog, the template having at least one image insertion area and added with condition specification information to a header of the template data, the condition specification information comprising conditions for determining a state of a subject in a given image that is appropriate for insertion in the at least one image insertion area, an image quality of the given image, or a state of the given image to be inserted in the at least one image insertion area; selection reception means for receiving selection of the at least one image insertion area in the template displayed on the display means; image sifting means for sifting appropriate images, from the catalog of images, agreeing with the condition specification information for the selected at least one image insertion area, with reference to the condition specification information for the selected at least one image insertion area; and image selection means for receiving selection of an image, among the appropriate images, to be inserted in the selected image insertion area.