Object layout apparatus, image layout apparatus, object layout program and image layout program, as well as the object layout method and image layout method

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an object layout device which reduces the time and labor required for processing and is suitable to realize a well-balanced layout in accordance with the contents of images. PSOLUTION: The object layout device is provided with an image feature information extraction part 120 for extracting image feature information representating the features of each of a plurality of candidate images, an evaluation value calculation part 140 for calculating evaluation values of images on the basis of image feature information extracted by the image feature information extraction part 120, an image selection part 150 for selecting an image from a plurality of candidate images, and an image layout part 170 for determining the layout of the image selected by the image selection part 150 on the basis of the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation value calculation part 140. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO