US 12,266,038 B2
Image processing apparatus automatically creating layout of combination image from image group, image processing method, program, and recording medium
Toshimitsu Fukushima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/331,969.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-108624 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407161 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 11/60 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus that includes a server, a first terminal device, and a second terminal device different from the first terminal device which are connected via a network, the image processing apparatus comprising:
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
create, from an image group of the first terminal device, an analysis image group on the first terminal device, such that each image for analysis included in the analysis image group has:
a resolution equal to or lower than a resolution of each corresponding image included in the image group,
at least a minimum resolution that is required for analysis, and
a smaller amount of data than each corresponding image included in the image group,
transmit the analysis image group from the first terminal device to the server,
analyze first images selected from the analysis image group,
create a layout of a combination image by using the first images,
store information on the layout on the server,
transmit the information on the layout from the server to the first terminal device,
display the layout of the combination image based on the information on the layout on the first terminal device,
select candidate images available for editing of the layout of the combination image in a case where the editing of the layout is restarted on the second terminal device from the image group based on a selection reference which is a reference to select the candidate images while the layout is being edited on the first terminal device, the candidate images being some images other than the first images, and
transmit the first images, the candidate images, and at least one additional image which is newly added to the combination image by a user from the image group other than the first images on the first terminal device from the first terminal device to the server and store the first images, the candidate images and the at least one additional image on the server,
wherein the selection reference includes a score of each image for analysis included in the analysis image group, and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
calculate the score of each image for analysis included in the analysis image group on the server,
transmit the score from the server to the first terminal device, and
select, as one of the candidate images, an image included in the image group and corresponding to an image for analysis of which the score is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value or an image included in the image group and corresponding to an image for analysis of which the score is included in a predetermined percentage range from an image with a highest score, from the image group other than the first images, on the first terminal device.