Patent Document ID: 6151421
Application ID: 08870276
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image composing apparatus for composing a composite image from a first digital image and a second digital image, the apparatus comprising: i) design defining information including design attribute data selected from the group consisting of a size of the composite image, an identity of the first digital image, a first coordinate-definable position of the first digital image at a first reference point on a coordinate system associated with the composite image, an identity of the second digital image, and a second coordinate-definable position of the second digital image at a second reference point on said coordinate system, the first reference point and the second reference point having any desired spatial relationship to each other; ii) specifying means for specifying at least one of the design attribute data for composition of the composite image; iii) image composing means for obtaining the composite image of a desired design in accordance with said design defining information consistent with the design data attribute specified by the specifying means, the image composing means incorporating the first digital image and the second digital image into the composite image at the first coordinate-definable position and second coordinate-definable position, respectively.