System and method for album preparation

Abstract

An album creating system is provided for speedily creating an album in which images appropriate for the album are automatically laid out without selecting the images to be laid out in the album by a user. The album creating system according to the present invention includes: a low-quality image receiving section for receiving a low-quality image; a layout information generating section for generating layout information on a low-quality image album in which the low-quality image is laid out; a layout information storage section for storing the layout information in association with order identification information an order identification information transmitting section for transmitting the order identification information to the album orderer terminal; an order identification information acquiring section for acquiring a high-quality image corresponding to the low-quality image from the album orderer; a layout information acquiring section for acquiring layout information; and an album creating section for creating a high-quality image album by laying out the high-quality image according to the layout information.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an album creation system, an album creation method, and an album creation program. More particularly, the present invention relates to an album creation system, an album creation method, and an album creation program for creating an album using images provided by an album orderer. Background technique [0002] In Patent Document 1, there is provided a method that allows a user to edit an image read at a low resolution, and after the user records editing information showing the content of editing performed on the corresponding image, reads the image at a high resolution, edits / outputs A method of reading high-resolution images according to the recorded editing information. In addition, Patent Document 2 discloses a method in which a user sends an image and order information to a server online, and at the same time, prepares an order medium, and uses a low-resolution image (thumbnail) to transmit a preview of the ordered ...

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Problems solved by technology

Therefore, since many high-quality images are transmitted to the server, it may take a lot of time due to the transmission speed, which increases the communication volume and communication cost.

Also, in the invention described in Patent Document 3, the user must input the identification numbers of each image to be printed on the mobile phone one by one, so it is equivalent to requiring the user to perform a lot of troublesome operations.

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