Patent Document ID: 20050141849
Application ID: 10998141
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image editing apparatus comprising: display means for displaying various kinds of information; event table storage means for storing an event table relating event names representing events, each comprising a plurality of scenes, to a proportion of the number of images comprising each of the scenes in each of the events represented by the event names; page-scene table storage means for storing a page-scene table relating each of the scenes in each of the events to a page number in each of corresponding templates, comprising a plurality of pages including at least one image insertion area in which an image or images are inserted; input means for receiving input of information representing a predetermined one of the events, images on the predetermined event, one of the templates used for generation of a photo album, and information on the template; image classification means for classifying the images in chronological order into the respective scenes according to the proportion of the number of images in each of the scenes in the predetermined event, with reference to the event table; correspondence information generation means for generating correspondence information representing correspondence between the scenes in the predetermined event, the classified images, and the pages in the template used for generation of the photo album, by referring to the page-scene table; page selection means for receiving selection of a desired one of the pages in the template used for generation of the photo album; template display control means for displaying on the display means the page whose selection has been received; image display control means for displaying on the display means a catalog of the images classified into the scene corresponding to the selected page, by generating the catalog of the images with reference to the correspondence information; and image selection means for receiving selection of the image or images to be inserted in the image insertion area or areas from the catalog.