Patent Document ID: 20080050039
Application ID: 11892243
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An electronic album generating apparatus, comprising: template storage means in which a plurality of templates, each including region data that represent image regions into which images are to be inserted within a layout area and attribute data that represent the attributes of images to be inserted into the image regions, are recorded; image storage means in which a plurality of photographic images are recorded; evaluation setting means, for setting evaluation values for one or more evaluation items that represent the evaluation for each of the photographic images; grouping means, for grouping the photographic images into a plurality of groups, based on the evaluations values for the one or more evaluation items; template selecting means, for selecting one or more templates, into which photographic images included in each group are to be inserted, based on the evaluation item set for the photographic images included in each group; laid out image generating means, for generating a plurality of laid out images, in which the photographic images included in each group are arranged within the image regions of the templates that are selected for each group, based on the attribute data of the image regions and the evaluation values for the evaluation items of the photographic images included in the groups; and electronic album generating means, for generating an electronic album, which is a combination of one or more of the laid out images.