Smart photobook creation
View Patent ↗A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout.
1. A method for producing a photo album having a first page and a second page, comprising:
sorting a plurality of images according to a primary predetermined criterion to produce a list of sorted images;
separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria by a computer system, wherein the first page group of one or more images is to be placed in the first page of the photo album, wherein the second page group of one or more images is to be placed in the second page of the photo album;
graphically displaying the first page group of one or more images within a first border and the second page group of one or more images within a second border, wherein the first border and the second border respectively represent the first page and the second page of the photo album;
automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts, wherein the first page layout comprises a number of one or more image receiving areas that match the number of one or more images in the first page group;
automatically selecting a second page layout from the library of page layouts, wherein the second page layout comprises a number of one or more image receiving areas that match the number of one or more images in the second page group;
automatically placing the one or more images in the first page group into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout; and
automatically placing the one or more images in the second page group into the one or more image receiving areas in the second page layout to produce the second page in the photo album.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the primary predetermined criterion is based on capture times of the images, wherein the sorted images are sequenced chronically according to the capture times of the images.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more secondary criteria are based on color content in the images.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein one or more of the sorted images are placed in the first page group if popular colors in the one or more of the sorted images are within a predetermined distance in a color space.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the popular color of an image is defined by a color region in the color space, wherein the image includes at least a predetermined percentage of pixels having their associated pixel values in the color region.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more secondary criteria are based on capture times of the images.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein one or more of the sorted images are placed in the first page group if the one or more of the sorted images are within a predetermined interval of image capture time.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more secondary criteria are based on image-capture locations associated with the images.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the sorted images are placed in the first page group if the one or more of the sorted images are within a predetermined proximity in image-capture location.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the library of page layouts each comprises one or more image receiving areas each associated with a portrait format or a landscape format, wherein the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout have matching formats as the one or more images in the first page group.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising moving an image within the first border into the second border to move the associated image from the first page to the second page.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first page layout includes an image caption area associated with one of the image receiving areas in the first page layout, the method further comprising:
associating text information with an image in the first page group;
automatically placing the image in the one of the image receiving areas in the first page layout; and
automatically placing the text information into the image caption area in association with the image receiving area in the first page layout.
13. A method for producing a photo album having a first page and a second page, comprising:
sorting a plurality of images according to a primary predetermined criterion to produce a list of sorted images;
separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria by a computer system, wherein the first page group of one or more images is to be placed in the first page of the photo album, wherein each of the one or more images in the first page group has a portrait format or a landscape format, wherein the second page group of one or more images is to be placed in the second page of the photo album;
automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts, wherein the first page layout comprises a number of one or more image receiving areas that match the number of one or more images in the first page group;
automatically selecting a second page layout from the library of page layouts, wherein the second page layout comprises a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the second page group, wherein the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout match the portrait format or the landscape format of the one or more images in the first page group;
automatically placing the one or more images in the first page group into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout; and
automatically placing the one or more images in the second page group into the one or more image receiving areas in the second page layout to produce the second page in the photo album.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the primary predetermined criterion is based on capture times of the images, wherein the sorted images are sequenced chronically according to the capture times of the images.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more secondary criteria are based on color content in the images.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more secondary criteria are based on capture times of the images.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more secondary criteria are based on image-capture location associated with the images.
18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising graphically displaying the first page group of one or more images within a first border and the second page group of one or more images within a second border, wherein the first border and the second border respectively represent the first page and the second page of the photo album.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first page layout includes an image caption area associated with one of the image receiving areas in the first page layout, the method further comprising:
associating text information with an image in the first page group;
automatically placing the image in the one of the image receiving areas in the first page layout; and
automatically placing the text information into the image caption area in association with the image receiving area in the first page layout.
20. The method of claim 13 , further comprising placing the first page group of one or more images and the second page group of one or more images on facing pages of the photo album based on the one or more secondary criteria.